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The importance of references in a research cannot be neglected. Academic writing requires the author to support their opinions with reference to other published work or experimental results/findings. A reference system will perform three important functions: Enables the author to acknowledge other authors’ ideas (avoid plagiarism). Enables the reader to quickly locate the source of the material referred by the author for further consultation. Indicate to the reader the scope and depth of the author’s research. In some cases, researchers find it a bit tricky to mention the reference from other than research papers. There are many referencing styles available depending on the field of research, namely, APA, ASA, ACS, MLA, etc. The MLA i.e. Modern Language Association style may be applied in general, to the research papers if specific field reference format is not available. The MLA style list is given as below, 1. Book with one author REFERENCE: Author last name, Fir...

The joy of completing a research doubles if the research article or paper is published in a journal of repute. The selection of journal is very crucial because submitting a paper to an unsuitable journal leads to rejection even without review. Alternatively, the correct choice of the journal leads to fast publication and the deserved exposure to the paper. The chances of getting a paper accepted increases, if the journal is chosen wisely. The factors to be considered for the same are: 1.     Domain Knowledge A comprehensive knowledge about the journals in the subject area is essential. Search using online listings of journals and discussion with friends and colleagues can provide ample information for further action. In addition, the journals referred for new developments in the subject area, or used by the main researchers/ authors in the subject area can be a potential candidate for the research publication. Tip: Go through the list of references for your articl...

If you want to know the impact or quality of your research, you should use Citation Analysis . It is process by which the quality of a research article is assessed by counting the number of times other authors mention it in their work i.e., it involves counting the number of times a research article is cited by other works. H-Index is one specific method or metric to measure an author’s productivity and citation impact. This index is based on the set of the author's most cited research papers and the number of citations that these papers have received in other publications. It can be more clearly understood by this example, an h-index of 25 means the researcher has 25 papers, each of which has been cited 25+ times. The theoretical details of how this index is defined and calculated is given on this link ( click here ). There are a number of resources that identify cited works and calculates H-Index , automatically, namely: Google Scholar, Scopus, and many more. The mo...

These days the software based projects and thesis work are the most liked and convenient option for engineering graduates, post-graduates and doctoral candidates. No doubt the experimental work done on hardware can never be replaced, as it has an edge over the virtual results produced using software. But the use of software for design, development and verification of the results has increased in the recent past due to accuracy and suitability of numerous software packages available for different applications. Every software package has a quality of its own. Some are used for system level simulations while some are used for component level simulations, some are good at numerical computations while some are more suited for analysis and visualizations. Few of the software used these days are,   £   MATLAB – Language for engineering computations   £   LabVIEW – Graphical Programming Language to develop virtual systems   £   OrCAD, PSPICE – Design ...

The search for a potential and approachable M.Tech. thesis topic is an annoying task. It is difficult for most of the students because they do not understand the expectation of the university and their guides. At master’s level, no one expect the students to do wonders and come up with a Ph.D. level research in just 5 to 6 months. The expectation is to train the students to understand the contributions of other researchers. It is only then they may find opportunity, directions and gaps to work further after their M.Tech. is over.  The students at master’s level are expected to make a noteworthy and decent contribution to the research. The simplest approaches that I have found for the same are Ø   Expansion of previous work in the field, Ø   Suggesting improvement in the available algorithms or work, Ø   Confirmation of the results available in the literature and implementation of the same to new problems, Ø   Comparison of the results for two or mo...