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  1. Journal Articles: Why You Use Them

    Journal articles are the academic's stock in ... The quality of a research article and the legitimacy of its findings are verified by other ... Knowing why academic articles matter will help you make good decisions about what you find -- and what you choose to rely on in your work. Think of journal articles as the way you tap into the ...

  2. The Importance of Journal Articles

    Abstract. This introductory chapter explains how and why journal articles are generally according greater prestige and merit within the scientific community, relative to other forms of disseminating research findings through venues such as books, book chapters, weblogs, and presenting papers at professional conferences.

  3. How do you determine the quality of a journal article?

    The quality of the source is thus high enough to use it. So, if a journal is not listed in the Journal Quality List then it is worthwhile to google it. You will then find out more about the quality of the journal. 2. Who is the author? The next step is to look at who the author of the article is:

  4. What is useful research? The good, the bad, and the stable

    Good science as a purpose. Any scientific journal wishes to add to the general store of knowledge. For Environmental Health, an additional important goal is also to publish research that is useful for public health. While maximizing scientific validity is an irreducible minimum for any research journal, it does not guarantee that the outcome of a "good" article is useful.

  5. Writing a research article: advice to beginners

    The typical research paper is a highly codified rhetorical form [1, 2]. Knowledge of the rules—some explicit, others implied—goes a long way toward writing a paper that will get accepted in a peer-reviewed journal. Primacy of the research question. A good research paper addresses a specific research question.

  6. The critical steps for successful research: The research proposal and

    The four cornerstones of good research are the well-formulated protocol or proposal that is well executed, analyzed, discussed and concluded. ... Biostatistics is a key component of biomedical research. Highly reputed journals like The Lancet, BMJ, Journal of the American Medical Association, and many other biomedical journals include ...

  7. Why Use Scholarly Sources?

    Scholarly journal articles are unique in that they require authors to document and make verifiable the sources of the facts, ideas, and methods they used to arrive at their insights and conclusions. Scholarly articles also strive to identify and discuss the merits of alternative explanations and viewpoints for the positions they espouse.

  8. Quality in Research: Asking the Right Question

    Research article. First published online January 2, 2020. Quality in Research: Asking the Right Question ... Journals metrics. This article was published in Journal of Human Lactation. VIEW ALL JOURNAL METRICS. Article usage * Total views and downloads: 9972 * Article usage tracking started in December 2016.

  9. Criteria for Good Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Review

    This review aims to synthesize a published set of evaluative criteria for good qualitative research. The aim is to shed light on existing standards for assessing the rigor of qualitative research encompassing a range of epistemological and ontological standpoints. Using a systematic search strategy, published journal articles that deliberate criteria for rigorous research were identified. Then ...

  10. Why You Should Journal During Your Research Journey

    In addition, journaling will aid in your data collection, your data analysis, and your reflection on all of your research steps. Finally, it will give you the practice you need to structure and communicate your research findings. Notably, this will all occur in a low-pressure environment, which is good practice for any academic writer!

  11. What is useful research? The good, the bad, and the stable

    A scientific journal like Environmental Health strives to publish research that is useful within the field covered by the journal's scope, in this case, public health. Useful research is more likely to make a difference. However, in many, if not most cases, the usefulness of an article can be difficult to ascertain until after its publication. Although replication is often thought of as a ...

  12. A Practical Guide to Writing Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    INTRODUCTION. Scientific research is usually initiated by posing evidenced-based research questions which are then explicitly restated as hypotheses.1,2 The hypotheses provide directions to guide the study, solutions, explanations, and expected results.3,4 Both research questions and hypotheses are essentially formulated based on conventional theories and real-world processes, which allow the ...

  13. Full article: Why methodology matters

    When academicians embark on a study, they are trying to answer a research question. Therefore, they already know what they want to study and why. In order to arrive at a credible answer, however, they need to design a how. This how is their methodology. In a well-designed study, the goal is to achieve construct validity (do the study techniques ...

  14. 7. Scholarly Articles as Sources

    7. Scholarly Articles as Sources. Articles in scholarly journals are valued for several reasons. First, they are usually trustworthy because their publication process includes a peer review that helps ensure their accuracy and contribution to their disciplines. In addition, they often contain the first reports of new research, which makes their ...

  15. Write and structure a journal article well

    Abstract. The purpose of your abstract is to express the key points of your research, clearly and concisely. An abstract must always be well considered, as it is the primary element of your work that readers will come across. An abstract should be a short paragraph (around 300 words) that summarizes the findings of your journal article.

  16. Why Use Peer Reviewed Articles in your Research?

    Peer reviewed, or scholarly, articles are written by experts and are read and reviewed by other scholars in the field. Their comments and suggestions are incorporated into the article before it is published in a scholarly journal. This process is known as peer review and helps check the accuracy and validity of the research as well as the ...

  17. 8 Reasons Why Articles Get Accepted

    8 Reasons Why Articles Get Accepted. (average: 5 out of 5. Total: 2) While we are constantly editing research material to ensure that authors and researchers go on to being published, an insight into what leads journal editors to accept articles is important. The following infographic addresses the following question: What are the top eight ...

  18. What's All This About Journaling?

    Keeping a journal, according to Dr. Pennebaker, helps to organize an event in our mind, and make sense of trauma. When we do that, our working memory improves, since our brains are freed from the ...

  19. Considerations when choosing a journal

    Journal credibility. There are several considerations when choosing a journal - the appropriateness of the journal for the research, the status of the journal amongst peers, the likelihood of being accepted for the journal, the quality of the editorial process, the speed of publication, the openness of the journal and so on.

  20. Top 10 Benefits of Using Academic Journals Online for Scholarly ...

    Blog. Conducting research for scholarly projects has been made much easier by academic journals online. When tasked with writing projects or dissertations, students can now easily access credible information from online academic journal databases. With a computer, tablet or Smartphone and an internet connection, you can access a vast array of ...

  21. The Importance of Research to the Practice of Counseling

    Careerism or "publish or perish" also poses a significant obstacle, as the pressure to publish frequently and in high-impact journals can lead researchers to prioritize quantity over quality. This ...

  22. Complexity in the US Health Care System Is the Enemy of Access and

    Medical Journals and Publishing; Melanoma; Mobile Health and Telemedicine; Narrative Medicine ... The idea of making the health care system simpler and more transparent certainly sounds good, at least in concept. ... and keep research and providers whole. There is the path to universal and it gets there by administrative simplicity which makes ...

  23. Researchers are exploring new ways to learn that make science more

    Frank Täufer, a scientific assistant at Campus Wiesengut—the University of Bonn's ecological teaching and research farm—asked a group of visiting 8-year-olds to speculate on why the rye ...

  24. Peer Review in Scientific Publications: Benefits, Critiques, & A

    Peer review is a mutual responsibility among fellow scientists, and scientists are expected, as part of the academic community, to take part in peer review. If one is to expect others to review their work, they should commit to reviewing the work of others as well, and put effort into it. 2) Be pleasant. If the paper is of low quality, suggest ...

  25. Here's what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris

    What did Paris do to clean up? To prepare for the Paris Games, the city built a giant basin to capture excess rainwater and keep untreated waste from flowing into the river, renovated the sewage system and upgraded water treatment plants. Heavy rain may still swamp the system. "The city of Paris has done a lot of work to clean up the Seine, but they can't control the weather," Iovine said.

  26. Why We Mix Up or Forget Someone's Name

    Proper nouns are especially hard for the brain to learn and recall, research shows.

  27. Picture a Scientist—Diverse Role Models Show that Science is for

    Research shows that girls start to lose interest in science around middle school, and that interest in a subject is a strong predictor of career choice [4, 5]. So, we created a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lesson for middle school students, called the In Their Eyes: Conservation + Comics program [ 6 ].

  28. Why Are Some People Happy Even as They're Dying?

    In two recent studies, in Palliative and Supportive Care and the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, people approaching death were asked what constitutes happiness for them. Common themes in both studies were social connections, enjoying simple pleasures such as being in nature, having a positive mindset, and a general shift in ...

  29. Riots Break Out Across UK: What to Know

    The country begins a new week on edge after anti-immigrant riots, fanned by disinformation from the far right, broke out in cities across Britain. By The New York Times After a weekend of violent ...

  30. Overdose and Homelessness—Why We Need to Talk About Housing

    Additional research and programming are needed to prevent overdose in supportive housing and other types of housing, such as co-location of safe consumption sites, on-site provision of harm-reduction supplies, and expansion of peer workers. 10 Other needed steps are outside the footprint of housing itself, such as ensuring a safe drug supply ...