IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE REVIEW WRITING IN RESEARCH ARTICLE – PUBRICA

1. IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE REVIEW WRITING IN RESEARCH ARTICLE AND DISSERTATION ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH An Academic presentationby Dr.NancyAgens,Head,TechnicalOperations,Pubrica Group: www.pubrica.com Email:sales@pubrica.com

2. Today'sDiscussion Outline InBrief NeedforLiteratureinResearchArticleandDissertation Use of LiteratureReview Source of Data Citations OrganisingData FutureScopes Conclusion

3. InBrief The main aim of any research is making relevant contribution to the field of research in a field and to be able to add relevant content to the ‘conversation’. To achieve this, one must begin by understandingthe context of the ‘conversation’. And this important task is done by a properly conducted and documented review ofliterature.

4. Need for Literaturein Research Article and Dissertation Biomedical research is increasing exponentially in the last few decades necessitating the need fordedicatedmedicalwriting serviceswith domain-relatedexpertise. Biomedical literature reviewis the first step towards anyresearch. Literature reviewexplores previous research conducted in the field of interest, the limitations and conflict areas identified and the need for furtherresearch. It also helps one in understanding and formulating one’s area of research in a better manner and justifies the methodologyused. Contd..

5. Literature reviewhelps connect the statistical findings of the research with prior researchstatistics. Review helps in preventing duplication of research and avoiding redundant fields and is needed for good quality researchpaper. Dissertation is an important requirement for completion of academics and literature review is an important part of this academicrequirement.

6. Use of Literature Review Introduction to a primary research topic – This sets the context for the research article or dissertation by analysing previously publishedliterature. Systematic review –It is relatedtometa-analysis and provide a quantitative or less often qualitative statistic summarizing severalpapers. Secondarydataanalysisprojects-Itisaresearchproject onitsownandbeginswithaclearresearchquestion.

7. Sourcesof Data Data has been sourced from libraries as wellas digitalsources. This is a cumbersome activity which continues throughout all the stages of the study and hence, it should be started early in the phase ofresearch.

8. Citations Picking up articles for review is another art and one should have clear inclusion and exclusion criteria to perform a relevantreview. Adequate number of citations is often defined bythe journal and that needs to befollowed. Citations should include those studies thatare inconclusive or require furtherresearch. Critical appraisal of the studies cited with an analytical review of the same isdesirable.

9. Organising Data There are several ways to organize biomedical l iterature reviewand are used by PhD students for their biomedical dissertations. Scientific manuscript writing services commonlyuse chronological sequence for listing out literature forreview. Another method often used in scientific article writing isa well-argued formatgrouping. A reverse-triangle approach is where we start discussing based on the broader concepts and then gradually narrow in onto the topic ofinterest. Contd..

10. A similar approach involves starting with the known facts supported by literature and then moving to the grey zones and the less known to the unknown debatedareas. Depending on the requirement of the topic of literature research, what is the outcome needed out of the literature search in context of the objective of the currentstudy.

11. Future Scopes Literature review guidelinesneed to be defined in more preciseterms. There are many shortcomings in the review ofliterature in the absence of uniformity of performing thistask. Bias is to be reduced by clear definition ofthe methodology that is the need of thehour.

12. Conclusion With increase in the number of publications, it becomes important to set the factual context of the current research study that one wishes to getpublished. This is relevant to participate in the ongoing ‘dialogue’ on the subject and contribute positively to that area ofresearch. A thorough and relevant review of literature is paramount forthis.

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