Sample Phrases for the Academic Paper

______________ has been the subject of … Another point of view has been discussed by …

A basic assumption, pertinent to the study of As noted in …

_______________ is …
As noted previously …
A number of hypotheses concerning the nature of
______________ has been advanced by various Assumptions can be extracted from the current
authors. research literature.

A number of practices currently operative in Attention should be directed toward …

_____________ are designed to …
Central to …
A number of recent experiments have demonstrated
… Characteristically, the studies examined …

A number of recent studies of ____________ are Crucial to …

based on __________ 's study of …
Earlier research findings show …
A number of studies have shown …
Evidence regarding the …
Every current theme in the literature is …
Few investigations have evaluated …
A review of the literature illustrates …
Findings of earlier studies generally agree with …
A significantly high proportion of the studies in the
General trends are apparent in the studies cited in …
field are concerned with …
Highly critical to …
A substantial body of research reveals …
Impetus for …
A succinct review of ….
In reviewing the research literature …
According to …
In terms of the theory under review …
According to most of the literature produced on the
subject, there … In the review of the literature, ___________ will be
discussed.
Accumulating research indicates …
Interest has been generated in …
Adherents to the theory of . . .
It has been noted that …
Among current trends in the study of …
It is only recently that researchers have begun to
An area which needs to be explored …
examine systematically the effect of …
An indication of the importance attached to the study
More attention is being devoted to …
of ___________ is …
Most of the literature suggests that there is some
An examination of …
relationship between _________ and __________ .
An interesting hypothesis …
Most researchers on the subject of …
Another aspect of …
Of relevance here is the research of
Another point of view has been advanced by … ________________
One of the central questions of the current studies is
… __________ is well documented.
Other researchers have demonstrated …
Pertinent to …
Previous research findings show …
Previous research has investigated the impact of
__________ upon _________ .
Previous research, utilizing various methodologies,
indicated a significant relationship between
__________ and __________ .
Research in ____________ has passed through
various stages in its development.
Research investigating ________________ has
revealed …
Recent investigations continue to interpret …
Recent studies reveal …
Research up this point has …
Researchers have given little theoretical attention to
…
Researchers have raised questions about …
Several assumptions can be deduced from the current
research literature.
Several researchers have noted …
Several researchers take the position that …
Several studies point out …
Some long standing assumptions of _____________
have been questioned.
Some researchers argue that …
Studies have investigated …
Studies of __________ and its relationship to
____________ highlight ….
Subsequent inquiries have …
Tangential to …
The argument that __________ is an effective
technique is well documented.
The contention that ___________ is an effective
The crux of the matter is …
The greatest research effort on this issue has been to
…
The hypothesis of __________ was initially tested by
___________ .
The ideas expressed by ____________ led to a
broader conceptualization of …
The largest proportion of the studies support the
premise …
The leading exponent of …
The literature is replete with references to …
The literature reveals a diversity of opinions on …
The literature review will focus on …
The most notable _________ about …
The notion of ______________ is supported by the
research of …
The question arises …
The review of the literature is instructive in …
The studies cited in …
The subject of __________ has received minimal
attention.
Theoretical advances have …
Theoretical speculations about …
There are several reasons for inquiring into …
There has been little investigation of …
There is a growing body of evidence that shows …
There is also documentation of …
These outcomes can be generalized to …
These studies indicate …
This interest has not been limited to …
This point of view is rapidly gaining support.
This thesis was initially explored by …

This topic is in need of further study and

clarification.

Within the context of …

With few exceptions …

A recent study by _________

A study by __________ advances the notion that …

A study by __________ supports this hypothesis.

A study by __________ puts forth …

A study concerned specifically with __________ is

_________ 's investigation of ____________ 's study
gave priority to …

Another writer who explored __________

_____________ as described by ___________

Based on the results of interviews with subjects in her

study, ____________ proposed … ____________ in
a more recent study.

In his discussion of ___________ , _____________

reported _______________ is described by
_________ as ________________

Other studies conducted by ___________

substantiate …

The purpose of a study conducted by ___________

This study considered …

_____________ was more detailed and explicit in

defining …

_____________ 's work is based on the earlier

research of ____________

_____________ 's work is pertinent to the school of

thought.