Greetings forumers

Purpose of this thread
To gather academics/researchers/students' to share anything about conducting a research, from articles access and scholastic writing, from proposal defense to viva-voce. This thread provides a place for Q&A among prospective/current researchers.

Lowyat Forumer's Research Area (alphabetical order)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Vg...dit?usp=sharing

For those who are interested in academic research route
Assuming you're a graduate, signing up for Master programme (particularly Master of Philosophy) will require you to complete few compulsory modules together with a thesis. Thesis length range from 20k to 60k words depending on your discipline. Completion of MPhil is a good start prior to embarking PhD journey.

Some bachelor degree courses do provide a final-year research project (normally 10k word length), as a way to introduce students to the world of scholastic research. However, the glory of scholarly activity is best experienced when one chooses to undertake a research degree. Doctor of Philosophy, or PhD, is an example of a research degree. And MPhil, is a lesser degree to that.

Other Master's degree, e.g. M.Ed, MBA, MMgmt, are eligible to serve as qualification to pursue PhD. But be warned, the journey is tough especially in your first 2 years. Normally, you are required to present and defend a research proposal within that period.

Book to recommend:
How to get a PhD: A handbook for students and their supervisors. By Estelle M. Phillips and Derek S. Pugh.
This book will help you to discover what it takes to be a research student, and what sort of expectation should you have between you and your supervisor(s). Issues covered covers a lot of how's which includes general thesis writing technique, PhD process, and examination system.

Full time PhD, normally, requires 3-4 years to complete. (max 8 years)
MPhil, 2 years. (max 6 years)

For more info, drop a message here and we'll try to assist you.

Helpful links to brush up your research skill =)


This post has been edited by alexkos: Jun 3 2015, 08:42 PM

my friend, any uni offering DBA in malaysia ?

hmm i might not a suitable candidate to comment on these. btw does DBA include research element? eg thesis/dissertation?

Any doctorate (D.BA= Doctor in Business Admin) requires research. The difference between Ph.D in business with D.BA is that, generally, DBA is more application oriented whereas Ph.D is much more on the theoretical side.

A glimpse on wikipedia suggests that most uni in malaysia offer this programme.

This post has been edited by LuciferAmadeus: Jul 13 2011, 10:59 AM

can tell hah which uni ? how much cost fee ? what your age ? where your location ? why the paper turn turn down thanks

paper turned down because the review was bad. 2 reviewers, one positive, one negative, and chief editor made a decision to reject the paper. They are questioning the validity of my instrument conducted in Malaysia, as well as overall readability (means difficult to read =/

now only take M.Phil, part time 2 years oh. Don't want tell you which uni haha

good luck to all who undertake M.Sc & Ph.D .. paper publishing is not an easy task. dealing with international publisher/editor/reviewer takes a lot of patience.

for me - paper got reject is normal, paper got accepted is abnormal.

my latest paper, got rejected once, edit/modified and then resubmit



This post has been edited by zahirani: Jul 15 2011, 05:35 PM

phD postgraduate here Majoring on Seaweed Biotechnology~
7 months through my phD, hoping to publish a paper soon

Yeah, I've heard that paper reviews are often rather demoralizing one haha

that's Elsevier! hahahah

@[PF] T.J.
Try targeting at non-ISI journal if you thrive for the feeling of getting your paper published. By the way the comments given by international reviewers are useful in your PhD writing too =)

Remember don't publish the whole idea to journal prior to submission of your PhD.

This post has been edited by alexkos: Jul 15 2011, 06:49 PM

hurm, for me it is OK to target a non-ISI journal; easier to publish, less strict editor/reviewer. but my supervisor keep on insist to publish on those ISI journal. wants to keep up his records, don't want to publish in those journal without a high impact factor. pity for us students attempt to publish into those high impact factor journal usually resulted in paper rejection. as a result ---> morale down...

Thanks bro haha~

Well, my scholarship requires Q1 and Q2 ISI journals only haha
Yeah, most seasoned researchers will say that the comments given are always very critical and well-thought of, they may not be sweet to them ears/eyes, but then its for our own good

Bro, what do you mean "don't publish the whole idea to journal prior to submission of your phD"?
Sorry noob here hehe

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Added on July 16, 2011, 12:17 pmI understand how you feel bro, its all about KPI nowadays in Universities all over the globe...
those who fail to perform will be kicked out...
Personally I don't think its very fair since certain fields are not as popular as others... so publishing papers won't as easy

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jul 16 2011, 12:17 PM

gogo tj sifu +u+u!

wanna read ur paper arh.... giv me link when u publish.. hehe...

though i may not understand.. lolx....\


i think he means dun publish whole idea in journal before final phd cz scare people steal idea.....

This post has been edited by IvanWong1989: Jul 17 2011, 02:07 PM

yeah Ivan helped me to convey the meaning of that sentence.

Normally a PhD would have several 'research objectives'. I have seen comments from other forums saying they are producing 3 separate journals out of their PHD thesis.

My currently targeted journal "Journal of Accounting Education" doesn't carry an impact factor, and their reviews were sharp and piercing to heart lol... but at least they do expressly encourage the writer, otherwise submitting a phailed journal will result in humiliation =D

haha. im just halfway through degree guy.. =.=

anyways... wana ask....

machine vision area of research have potential??

cz im leaning more towards neural networks and vision....

humiliation, rejection, sharp piercing to the heart comment;
that the barrier we authors need to face if we want to publish international papers.

Thanks bro, why are you here? You're still a long, long way from postgrad life
Well, its not easy to steal idea for my field, so not really worried there haha
But then will still be careful; later all my hard work go to waste

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Added on July 18, 2011, 12:14 pmMany thanks for the advice bro, appreciate it~
Yeah, one phD title doesn't mean one journal hehe, its quite common in my field since each project might touch on different aspects/ fields and sometimes not all of these can be accepted or will be too messy for a single publication

There are ppl who practice "salami slicing", now those are unethical

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jul 18 2011, 12:14 PM

surprised to see me lurking here also leh?

lolx..... blink blink ha eyes adi past few years.. lolx... nt looong way leh...



wanna steal ur paper aso hard.. cz dun und..lolx....

I guess we Asians, particularly Malaysians are not that familiar with foreign cultures at giving criticisms I guess
Ppl here tend to beat about the bush when criticizing ppl

whut is salami slicing?? a kind of fish??

Words of advice, enjoy degree life while you can yo... go on trips during them semester breaks, if not no chance le