A new semester is about to begin and the need to write papers is increasing as students want to keep up with the latest developments in research both at home and abroad. To help you do a better job with your research status statement, here are some tips on how to write a paper.
The main purpose of a research status statement is to find out what other people have done in a particular field, what level of research they have done, and what problems have been solved and what problems still need to be solved. This will give you a framework and ideas for your own research.
Firstly, do some preparatory work to improve efficiency. We can start by finding some relevant literature and then sifting through it for key information.
For example, find out about 20 relevant articles, focus only on the two parts of the abstract and conclusion, and summarise the important contents such as the research background, research methodology and research conclusion in them.
Then, we need to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of these literatures and find out the highlights, such as new research methods or perspectives, and presenting new ideas;
At the same time, we also need to note their limitations, such as insufficient research scope, outdated methodology, data processing needs to be improved, and the theoretical perspectives lack of rationality.
Next, based on the above preparations, we can summarise a general writing routine, i.e. “author + what was studied + what was the result”.
On this basis, we can deduce three common writing patterns:
Mode 1: Research background/research purpose and significance-research status-review;
Mode 2: Preface – Current status of research and main viewpoints – Contradictions and deficiencies in current research;
Mode 3: origin and evolution of theories – review of relevant foreign studies – review of domestic studies – evaluation of the above review.
Although each model is different, Model 1 is the most commonly used and easy to write. Next.
Finally, a sample writing template is shown:
1. Background of the study – Briefly describe why the review is being conducted, what it is hoped will be achieved, the scope of the data collected, etc.
With academic progress in a certain area, there is still… And other problems, and at the same time, in real life today, there are still… and other issues that need to be addressed. And other problems, and at the same time, in real life today, there are still… and other issues that need to be addressed urgently. Therefore, an in-depth exploration of… Problems are particularly urgent and of great Therefore, an in-depth exploration of… Problems are particularly urgent and of great practical importance.
With the academic progress in a certain field, today, there are still …… and other issues that need to be addressed urgently. Therefore, it is particularly urgent and of great practical importance to explore …… problems in depth.
2. Research Status – A global overview is given, and then specific literature is listed for dissection.
The literature revealed that the relevant research focuses on key categories such as… and discusses views such as… (overview). Specifically, XXXXX (central sentence), XXXXX (literature support sentence: time+ scholar+ work+ opinion).
The literature available to us reveals that relevant studies focus on key categories such as …… and discuss (overview) views such as ……. Specifically, XXXXX (central sentence), XXXXX (literature support sentence: time+ scholar+ work+ opinion).
3. Critique – Summarise established research, evaluate problems, and look ahead to the future.
So far, the academic community’s research on XX has focused on…. and other areas, and carried out a detailed analysis of…. Generally speaking, experts at home and abroad generally agree with the fact that…. Generally speaking, experts at home and abroad generally agree with the fact that…. However, there are still some scholars who are aware of the problem of…, but they only stay at the level of… , and the exploration of… , and the exploration of… It’s far from deep. This leads to the main purpose of this research, and formulates the research direction and entry point of….
So far, the academic research on XX has mainly focused on areas such as ……, for which a detailed analysis has been carried out. In general, domestic and foreign experts generally recognise the fact of ……. However, there are still some scholars who are aware of the problem of ……, but only stay at the level of ……, and the exploration of …… is far from deep enough. In this way, the main idea of this research is introduced, and the research direction of …… and its entry point are formulated.
