Academic Research Writing

Academic writing could be a thesis or a doctoral dissertation. A doctoral dissertation is more in-depth and has a wider scope. Also the research methodology is more rigorous in doctoral dissertation. The content is structured into chapters and must have the following content:

Title: The purpose of the title is to capture the readers' attention and provide a concise insight into what the content is about.
Abstract: An abstract provides a brief summary of the paper and this helps the readers to decide if they should continue reading or not.
Keywords: About 5 keywords are expected to help identify the subject, context, methodology and key theoretical concepts of the research.
Introduction: The introduction presents the subject/problem, the scope and relevance of the subject. The researcher's position and justification for conducting the research.
Objectives: The objectives and questions of research should be clear and concise. It should be in form of a list.
Theoretical Framework: This covers the the basis on which the research is necessitated. It states the previous works in the area, the state of the art and the scientific approach.
Methodology: It explains the research design and the method of gathering and analysing data.
The Result of Research: This is the analysis of the data and the interpretation/implication.
Discussion of Results: This put emphasis on the most important findings and the context.
Conclusions: This summarises the work stating the contributions, limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.

Academic writing could also be book chapter or a scientific paper. These two are slightly different in structure and concentration when compared with a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis. They are usually more focused and in the case of a book chapter, more practical.

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