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How to Write a Scientific Research Paper
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(199 ratings)
4,779 students

How to Write a Scientific Research Paper

Write Your First Successful Academic Paper
Created byAli Muhammad Karkour
Last updated 3/2025
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What you'll learn

  • How to write each section of the research paper
  • How to arrange references using Mendeley
  • How to design scientific illustrations
  • How to use Biorender to design scientific illustrations
  • How to find Biology and Medical icons for biology illustrations
  • Tips to make writing in the academic style.
  • How to find the suitable journal for the paper
  • Reasons of paper rejection by editors and peer reviewers
  • What next after paper rejection

Course content

6 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 20m total length

  • Title5:15

    Craft a clear, relevant, and specific title that conveys the main objective and findings, using essential keywords for search engines while avoiding jargon and abbreviations.

  • Authors4:18

    Explore authorship criteria for scientific papers, including substantial contribution, manuscript writing, and final approval. Learn roles of first, corresponding, and co-authors, plus ethical guidelines to avoid ghost or honorary authorship.

  • Abstract7:15

    Craft a concise, stand-alone abstract that outlines background, methods, results, and conclusions, highlighting objectives and indexing-ready language for clear research communication.

  • Keywords4:37

    Choose specific, relevant keywords (4–8) to improve indexing and discovery in databases like PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, and place them after the abstract and in the title for SEO.

  • Introduction3:57

    Begin with background on the topic, identify the knowledge gap and research question, and present hypotheses in a three-paragraph introduction that explains the study’s goals.

  • Methodology5:21

    Define your study design (experimental, observational, or clinical trial) and detail materials, sampling, inclusion and exclusion criteria, procedures, and statistical analyses, while ensuring ethical compliance and reproducibility.

  • Results3:43

    Present the study's findings without interpretation, using text, tables, and figures to summarize outcomes. Follow the methodology's order, report p values and confidence intervals, and note unexpected results.

  • Discussion3:21

    Explain the meaning of results and compare them with previous studies, highlighting pasteurization's effect on bacterial load, support or contradiction of the hypothesis, and implications for future research.

  • Conclusions2:01

    Master the conclusions section by restating main findings, highlighting significance, and outlining implications and future research to reinforce the study’s value for scientific and practical applications.

  • Acknowledgement1:54

    Identify and thank funding sources, grant numbers, institutions, supervisors, colleagues, laboratory staff, statisticians, editors, and family in the acknowledgements to recognize research support.

  • References4:08

    Use Mendeley to organize and cite references for your paper, creating folders for sections, dragging publications, inserting citations, and generating a bibliography with a chosen style such as Harvard.

  • Questions

Requirements

  • No research experience needed. You will learn every thing from the beginning.

Description

Description

  • If you are preparing to write your first academic paper and wish to publish in international journal, this course is your key to success. This course is extremely useful for any scientific researcher eager to deepen their skills in the field of academic research. The course of “How to Write a Scientific Research Paper” is ideal for beginners and experienced researchers who are interested in the academic field and will to publish their work in international journals. The comprehensive content of this course covers the different skills that you will need to write your paper from title to references.

Summary

  • Understanding the basic principles of scientific research is essential for any student in the academic field. At the end of this course, you will know the different parts of research paper and how to write each part, how to arrange references in your paper, how to create figures for your paper, and the required academic writing skills.

This course is divided into the following sections:

  • Research Paper Parts: You will know how to write the different parts of the research paper such as, Title, Authors, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, References.

  • Create Scientific Figures: You will learn how to use Biorender website to create any scientific figure or illustration to add in your paper. You will also know how to get biology icons for free for your illustrations.

  • Academic Writing Skills: I will show you how the most important academic writing skills to enhance the style of your writing and increase the possibility of paper acceptance and publishing in international journals.

  • Find the Journal: You will know to find the suitable journal with the scope of your work. You will learn how to use Journal Finder tool to find 100s of scientific journals suitable to publish your paper on.

  • After Paper Rejection: You will learn some important tips that you should follow in case your paper is rejected by the journal.


Researchers and Learners from up to 130+ countries have also found my previous courses to be invaluable to kick starting their Academic Research Career. This course also will provide various new skills for academic researchers to be able to write their research articles and publish in international prestigious journals.


Enrolling in the course of “How to Write a Scientific Research Paper” is an investment in your career and time. You will become more knowledgeable, confident, and equipped to handle professional challenges. So, do not miss this opportunity, register and evaluate your academic research skills.

Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lecture 1!

Regards,
Ali M. Karkour

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Who this course is for:

  • This course is for researchers who want to write their academic papers effectively.
  • This course is for undergraduate and postgraduate researchers.
  • The course also is helpful for students and researchers who need to build a scientific illustration.

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