{"id":1011,"date":"2020-10-09T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T09:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/?page_id=1011"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:12:19","slug":"original-research-article","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/original-research-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Original (Research) Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.8&#8243; min_height=&#8221;1100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||10px|false|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;5px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Original (Research) Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original research articles are considered to be primary sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An article can be considered as a primary source, if:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authors of the research article are the ones who did the study, and not merely describing the research work of others.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article states a novel research hypothesis and addresses the research question by following scientific methods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scientific methods and results of the study are explicitly reported.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some cases, the raw data of the study are provided along with the article as supplementary material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The articles generally follow IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion)\u00a0 structure with a concise abstract.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are resources providing more information about how to start writing and how to structure a good original research article:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><b>Articles<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0002937809006826\"><span>Vintzileos, A. M., &amp; Ananth, C. V. (2010). How to write and publish an original research article. <\/span><i><span>American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span>202<span>, 4, pp. 344.e1 &#8211; 344.e6.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25059081\/\"><span>Edwards, M. (2014). What does originality in research mean? A student\u2019s perspective. <\/span><i><span>Nurse Researcher<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span>21<span>, 6, pp. 8-10<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4404856\/\"><span>Cooper, I. D. (2015). How to write an original research paper (and get it published). <\/span><i><span>Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><i><span>103<\/span><\/i><span>, 2, 67-68.<\/span><\/a><span><\/span><span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.7863\/jum.2010.29.4.513\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0240288\"><span>He\u00dfler, N., Rottmann, M., and Ziegler, A. (2020). Empirical analysis of the text structure of original research articles in medical journals. PLoS ONE 15, 10, e0240288.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><b>Websites<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/research_and_citation\/conducting_research\/conducting_primary_research\/index.html\">Purdue Online Writing Lab (n.d.). <em>What is Primary Research and How do I get Started?<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/writing.ku.edu\/original-research#:~:text=Typically%20an%20original%20research%20paper,for%20further%20research%20and%20investigation.\">University of Kansas, KU Writing Center (n.d.). <em>Formatting Original Research.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.ndsu.edu\/guides\/finding-and-identifying-original-research-articles-sciences\">North Dakota State Libraries (n.d.). <em>Finding and Identifying Original Research Articles in the Sciences.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/academicanswers.waldenu.edu\/faq\/72640\">Walden University (n.d.). <em>How do I find original or primary research that analyzes empirical data?<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.msmary.edu\/c.php?g=11462&amp;p=59914\"><span>Phillips Library, Mount St. Mary&#8217;s University (n.d.). <em>Primary Sources and Original Research vs. Review Articles.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Writing Resources \/\u00a0Preparing Scholarly Work\u00a0\/ Original (Research) Article Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing\u00a0\u00a0 Figures and Tables\u00a0\u00a0 Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques Plagiarism\u00a0\u00a0 Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous &nbsp; Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article Original (Research) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2011,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011\/revisions\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}