Rules of thumb for writing a research paper.

   You done a research work and completed all the studies.Now it's the time for publish it.Here I describe the 'rules of thumb' for writing research articles and getting them published.
What’s a “research article” ?
         When scientists and other scholars want to make the results of their work public, they usually begin by publishing them in a scholarly journal with a title and description of their work.Research articel is a technical document that
describes a significant experimental, theoretical or observational extension of current
knowledge, or advances in the practical application of known principles(O'Conner and
Woodford, 1976).Scientific research articles provide a method for scientists to communicate with other scientists about the results of their research.

Research articles will usually contain:

• a summary or “abstract”
• a description of the research
• the results they got
• the significance of the results.

 A standard format is used for these articles, in which the author presents the research in an orderly, logical manner.

                       FORMAT FOR THE PAPER

• TITLE
• AUTHORS
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• METHODOLOGY
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION
• REFERENCES

TITLE
   The full title of the paper without abbreviations. The title should be as brief and informative as possible, specifying clearly the content of the article.The title usually describes the subject matter that  describes the contents of the paper or the article.It should attracts the reader's attention.Avoid complex grammer and make it eye catchy.

AUTHORS
The person who did the work and wrote the paper is generally listed as the first author of a research paper.

ABSTRACT
The abstract reflects the main 'story' of the research paper.An abstract, or summary, is published together with a research article, giving the reader a "preview" of what's to come.An abstract not exceeding 200 words containing the principal ideas, methodology, results and important conclusions is required. Foot notes and abbreviations should be avoided in the abstract.

INTRODUCTION
 The introduction should be brief and limited to the definition of the problem, the aims and purposes of the research and its relation with other studies in the field. Also the working hypothesis must be clearly stated. 

METHODOLOGY
  Relevant details on the experimental design and techniques to provide enough detail for competent researchers to repeat the experiment. Do not put results in this section.If you work is complicated to explain, including a diagram, table or flowchart to explain the methods you used will really helps the readers.

RESULTS
Clearly present the results you've gotten. Use graphs and tables if appropriate, but also summarize your main findings in the text.Use appropriate methods of showing data.Give attention to the most significant findings.

CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION
Explains discrepancies and unexpected findings and states importance of discoveries and future implications.Highlight the most significant results, but don't just repeat what you've written in the Results section.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This field is optional,You can thank those who either helped with the experiments, or made other important contributions etc.Acknowledgments for financial support must be cited on the corresponding section.

REFERENCES
Gives list of related literature and information sources.always cite the most accessible references.

Further reading
 The following links will help you to understand about 'FORMAT FOR THE RESEARCH PAPER'.If you can find abeeter one iinform me,so our readers can use it.

1.    RULES OF THUMB FOR WRITING RESEARCH ARTICLES [PDF]
2.    FORMAT OF RESEARCH ARTICLES
3.    WRITING A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLE