Literature Matrix

After reading, collect the essential information/content from the paper you read by forming a matrix that fulfill the following requirements: Authors info, remember, the same authors may have many similar papers, so always snowball the same … [Continue reading]

Literature Review Writing (Important Notes)

Read as many as you can the relevant literature/ papers, collect as many as you can the relevant data and information before you start writing.Smartly summarize and conclude the main content of the papers you read by dropping down the important … [Continue reading]

Databases for Literature Review

All Subject Databases: WoS (SSCI, SCI, HSCI) - Clarivate websiteScopus -Scopus websiteScience DirectGoogle ScholararXivUlrich's webDirectory of Open Access JournalsJSTOR Engineering Area: IEEExploreINSPIRE-HEPIMech … [Continue reading]

LR (Narrative vs Systematic)

Features Narrative LR Systematic LR Question Broad Specific Source Not usually specified, potentially biased Comprehensive sources, explicit search approach Selection Not usually specified, potentially biased Criterion-based … [Continue reading]

Sources for Statistical Proof

Accenture DataBank Department of Statistics European Data Portal McKinsey OECD OurWorldInData Statista UNdata WHO WordOMeter … [Continue reading]

Features of a Peer Reviewed Article

1. It is published in a scholarly journal. 2. It has a serious and academic tone. 3. It has including in-text citations and accurately listed in the References section. 4. It is usually divided headings into introduction, literature review/ problem … [Continue reading]

Article Citation (APA Style)

How to cite a academic paper (step-by-step): First Author's last name followed by author initialsSecond Author's last name followed by author initialsThird Author's last name followed by author initialsPublication year enclosed within … [Continue reading]

U.S. News and World Report 2022 (Engineering)

Proud as UTMian and as one of the academic staff under School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering. Congratulations! UTM ranks #39 in Engineering field by the U.S. News and World Report for Best Global University Ranking. … [Continue reading]

Research Tips (Literature Review)

There are several mistakes to be alerted and avoided when writing Literature Review: Ensure that the citations used in your content are tally with the references.Ensure the correct citations and references format.Avoid to cite more than 3 … [Continue reading]

Research Tips (Literature Review)

Articles Searching - As stated previously in the other Research Tips posts, you can navigate to Scopus, Google Scholar and Web of Science and search the articles that related to your research by using specific keywords. You can also set alert as … [Continue reading]