Demystifying Research Article Writing: Addressing the Needs of Novice Authors

Abstract

Writing a research article to any audience entails sharing findings the researcher has found while focusing on evidence-based results. It brings about new insights of research outcomes to add the latest knowledge, hence making the paper outstanding rather than becoming a collection of experts’ conveyed ideas. This paper reflected the way apprentice writers could learn how to communicate research findings to a wider audience, explaining their desire to focus on the work’s theme and structure to support the author’s knowledge claim in demonstrating personal views. The Literature Review section demonstrates the author’s ability to present ideas on what is written through positioning these ideas in the context of the study. It is organized in the context of the author’s central focus of the study. The Methodology segment of the article explains the research process regarding how data were collected and analysed, to form the basis of argumentation regarding new knowledge. The results section is organized in a clear and logical order. Key results are a central focus upon which the article is built. They are emphasized using visual elements and respondents’ direct quotes. The discussion section of an article depends on the nature of research findings. The writer embeds the data, methods and the literature to argue and strengthen the article’s claims using evaluative descriptions, considering the significance of earlier research findings in the context of new findings. The way results are presented and discussed in the article, gives the writer the basis to provide concluding remarks and recommendations in relation to research objectives.