How to Write a Successful Research Paper

A short hello and an overview of what you will learn.

Knowing what makes a research paper effective will help you to keep the overview and stay focussed on the things that matter. Fortunately, there are only two elements that make a research paper effective.

Before you start writing, you can make your research significantly more compelling. Here is how.

How you write can mean the difference between spending hours just staring at your screen and getting your paper done in no time. Here are the two most important writing strategies to streamline your writing.

Most people do not understand the true purpose of the introduction section. In this lecture, you will learn about the purpose of the introduction section and how it works.

Finding relevant research articles is quite literally a "needle in the haystack" problem. In this lecture, I will show you how you can find the needles without wasting too much time.

Did you notice that some research papers require a payment before you can download them? I have never paid for a paper. Let me show you why you do not need to either.

There are a lot of research articles to consider so reading them all will keep you busy for a long time. Here is a way to scan research articles quickly.

There is absolutely no need to create your citations by hand or even to know what they ought to look like. Instead, you can hand this over to free software and watch your perfect citations appear in seconds.

Here is where you can get the free software.

Ok, you found the relevant articles. But how do you get an overview? Let me show you how I do it.

It's not a good idea to start writing text right away. You can save yourself from a lot of trouble and achieve a better paper by starting with an outline. In this lecture, I will show you how.

What is proper academic writing? Let me quickly give you the guidelines.

Ok, you have created an outline of your introduction. Now let me show you how you can easily turn it into text.

The first paragraph is extremely important because it is one of the first things your readers will see. Here is how to write it.

What's next? In this lecture, I will show you how to write the middle part of the introduction.

Here is how to write the final part of your introduction.

What do you need to pay attention to in the method section? Here is how this section works.

How do you decide what sections your method section has? And How do you create an outline of the content? Let me tell you in this lecture.

Finally, it's time to turn your outline into text. Here is how.

What do you need to pay attention to in the results section?

What sub-sections should your results section have? And how can you create an outline of the content? Here is how.

Finally, let's turn your outline into text. Here is how.

There are two goals you'll want to achieve in the discussion section. Here is what they are and how to achieve them.

Here is how to structure and outline your discussion section.

Limitations are normal and nothing to worry about if you know how to deal with them. In this lecture,  I will show you how you can deal with serious limitations before you even start writing.

How to write the beginning of your discussion section.

How to write about the implications of your research.

Limitations are normal and if dealt with correctly, they will not have to lower your impact. In fact, they may even help you. Let me show you how to write about them so that your readers stay enthusiastic about your research.

The "Summary and Conclusion" section is more than just a summary and a very important part of a research paper. Here is how to write it.

How to write the acknowledgements section.

There is absolutely no need to create your reference list by hand or even to know what it is ought to look like. Instead, you can hand this over to free software and watch your perfect list of references appear in seconds.

The first thing readers will do when they open your paper is read the abstract. Here is where you can win or lose a lot of readers. So how do you make your abstract effective?

Your title will determine whether researchers will open your paper or not. In fact, if your title is not keyword friendly, nobody will ever find your paper. So this lecture will show you how to create a strong title.

80% of great writing comes from great editing. Here, I will walk you through the most important steps in the editing phase.

Readers love papers that are both clear AND concise. But how do you achieve this? Actually, it's mainly about one simple trick...