English for Writing Research Papers_1.5

1.5 What preparation do I need to do?

Once you have chosen your journal, look at the most frequently cited papers to see how the authors rationalize the various steps of their research. Try to use papers that
you will probably quote in your section on the review of the literature, and which are highly relevant to your topic and/or classic papers in your general field.

For example, you could create a table with some or all of the following headings:

• problem that the research addresses
• background information and relevant references
• elements that validate the level of innovation of the research
• conceptual model, methodology or procedure that the research takes into
  consideration
• materials, equipment and software used
• method used and the operational steps that the author carried out
• results achieved
• analysis an