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Check list
1 • Find the best journal to publish the paper in my relevant field.
• This helps to make precise research.

2 • Go through the rules and guide lines to the authors of the selected journal.
• The main aspects are Efficiency, Speed, Transparency and Acceptance ratio.

3 • See the format of the journal.

• Collect some papers from the latest issue of the respective journal for
reference to prepare your own manuscript.
• Know the editorial committee.
• Structure the contents based on this editorial committee.
• Write the content to impress them.
• Provide adequate citations.
4 Look out for some of the important rules before drafting contents such as
• Copy right
• Authorship
• Plagiarism

5 Know the paper being written and answer certain questions such as
• Why this paper should be written?
• What kind of paper should be written?
• Who do I get suggestions from?
• What are the targeted audiences that will read this paper?
6 Literature Review
• Try to identify the research gap.
• Know the boundary between what is known and what is unknown.
• Read the previously made research and experiments.
• Try to build the same ideas in a new way.
• Try to apply new data to old problems.
• Try to design a new context.
7 Goals of literature survey
 • Identify the context of the research.
• Identify keywords, variables and research questions.
• Find the necessary references.
• Using tools such as Zoreto for bibliography.
8 Finding the gap in research
• Find what is missing in the previously done research and try to find a
solution to that.
• Clear problem statement should be defined.
• This problem statement should be carried out through the paper.
• It should be concise.
• There should be coherence in the paper.
• No logical or grammatical errors should be made.

9 Follow the standard building block i.e.

• Title
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Literature Survey
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussions
• Conclusion
10 Tips on writing the paper
• Use the MRCI framework to draft the paper.
• Write Abstract, Introduction and Conclusion after completing other
sections.
• Create a check list and follow the checklist to draft a better document.
• Once the paper is done compare with the check list and verify