How to Write a Good Article
To begin with, no such thing as ‘good paper’ exists. This is because theres more to writing other than content,that is writing approach taken geared towards publication. Before you start writing,you have to choose a suitable journal,that’s the most important factor you have to consider always.
A good article is perfect for a specific journal,before you start writing an article,make sure that you’ve done your research of several journal,read them through and spot the main features,they say,successful authors are made from the best readers. Inorder to fit in the publish or perish game,you have to adopt effective reading styles on potential journals.
Without further ado,lets in details look at points to put in consideration
First,consider the scope of the chosen journal geographically and make up your mind whether it is regional,national or international. In most cases,the clue on geographical scope will be seen in the title,for instance, 9 safest neighbourhood in Toronto. In this case,your journal should entirely concentrate on Toronto and not any other city.
Second,pay attention to the scope of the journal interms of generality or specificity,for example general journal are open minded and jagon free compared to specific journal s which are limiting their contents to specific areas,subfield,geographical context of even theoretical discussion.For instance,the current sociology-this is a generalist journal since its open minded creating a common ground for discussion hence making the topic relevant to the general public.
Lastly,the papers format,you can consider two main styles in academic journals,the IMRaD is one of the most used in scientific research teach and it is model for scholarly publication. Its articles are structured as introduction,methods,ideas and discussion,this method cleraly brings out the relationship between methods results and discussion.
Another model is IBC model,consists if introduction,body and conclusion.In order to keep your article well balanced,keep your introduction to around 14% and conclusion to around 15% and the main body of your article should take the rest of the space and should be divided into chapters to enable flow of ideas.”