This session describes the method of assessing the quality of journal articles, evidence, and findings. A detailed description of IMRAD. Type of Gaps and gap analysis. And a practical session of analyzing gaps in secondary data and literature review.

1. Scientific Writing: Session-2
Gap analysis, concept note, and
reference management
Dr. Rajeev Kumar
MSW (TISS, Mumbai), M.Phil., (CIP, Ranchi), UGC-JRF, Ph.D., (IIT Kharagpur)

2. Recap of the previous session………
1. The APA (American Psychological Association)
2. Differentiation between APA 6th and APA 7th edition.
3. Overview of five more publication manuals.
4. Manuscript structure (IMRAD)
5. Reducing Bias in language
6. Assessing strength of journal and article (Impact factors and reputed
publishers)
7. An overview and demonstration of various scientific search engines
8. Practical demonstration of in-text citation and reference listing

3. Content of the present session
How to assess the Quality of evidence or research findings?
Research gap
Types of research gap
Practical session on finding research gaps.
Practical session-2: Demonstration of reference management using
Mendeley software

4. So far as we knew…
Three ways to assess the quality of research
Impact factor of Journal
Reputed publishers
Indexed with reputed data base/ search engine

5. How do you know the quality and strength of research
study? Impact factor and its calculation

6. Some high impact factor journals (few examples)

7. Important search engines and their websites
Name of
search
engine
Link
Google
Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/
Pubmed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Science
direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Scopus https://www.scopus.com/standard/marke
ting.uri
Cochrane https://www.cochranelibrary.com/

8.  Reports of Empirical Studies
 Review Articles
 Theoretical Articles
 Methodological Article
 Case studies
 Other less frequently published
types of articles
 (brief reports, comments, and
monographs)
Types and assessment of quality of findings

9. Starting with IMRAD: Identify the unidentified

11. Steps for identifying research
gaps

14. Steps to make concept note
• Choose a broad area/title of your interest
• Selected the factors/ variables related to that broad title
• Now recollect field work experience or knowledge gained from books
• Systematize the your prior (experience +knowledge)
• Now using brainstorming techniques ( individual or group)
• Make the conceptual diagram of problem/issue
• Assess the causative relation between factors/variables
• Examine the secondary data and available literature to test your assumption
• Take the cues from limitations and future directions from research articles to find
research gaps
• List out the research gaps
• And select the research gaps those are feasible and relevant to available time and
resource to you.
• Based on research gaps, draw your research question, and make a broad aim
• And based on broad aim and research questions, define narrow objectives.

15. Practical session-1: Reference management
using Mendeley

16. Practical session-2: Demonstration of
making concept note
Bani /Vani’s assignment on …………..
Class discussion
Domestic violence
PNDT act
Socio-cultural effect
NFHS-4 data of Rajasthan state