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

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

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

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

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

waw, 2 international papers for PhD?

@IvanWong1989
I can't comment on your field since I'm more to business and accounting. Heed what they say, enjoy your undergraduate life while you can.

Scholarly life needs continual commitment. Imagine next time you receive a PhD, ppl doctor you infront doctor you behind

aiks, I just received an email from HR department saying my scholarship letter is ready for collection.

Officially start my master of philosophy =/

another 2 years lol...need many encouragement to persevere to the end. Maybe after master continue PhD... =./

welcome BatuItu.

may we encourage you in your journey of obtaining your Master degree.

Strike a balance between research and your personal life too. Other than that we will need enthusiastic and unwavering commitment in completing the journey =)

ok this is what I plan to do. I'm going to put the list of topics our forumers are researching.

Let me know if you're comfortable with it, or pm me to have it removed =)

Attended a research talk about reviewer's point of view in getting a journal paper published.

very informative, and of course got hadiah in the end hahah!

nah... just a pen..

dear altan and ru40342

thanks for participation and sharing, pm me if you want your specific research area mentioned in the first post of the thread.

As mentioned by ru40342, one way to broaden your network is to make your research area known to others through websites such as tapping on Emerald's research collaboration.

For those who teach and taking masters/PhD at the same time, this is the standard set by my uni.

Research 50%
Publication 20%
Teaching 25%
Admin 5%

make sense? I teach 15 hours a week.

UTAR, i'm only a tutor, compared to lecturer I have lots of free time except teaching and preparing materials.

their max hour is 12, but because of maintaining admin record (like leading a unit subject), set exam paper, they did more things than me as a tutor. Somemore they need to supervise undergraduate students etc stuff. I just need to deliver teaching.

Haha actually got, there are 2 compulsory module (saturday class) for research methodology. Commence next year Jan =D

so, I am optimistic?

Just met with my supervisors today. Have to fix many things

from chapter 1 to 3 all got problems, theoretical framework, significance of study, model, etc...

nvm la...

maybe you want to talk about the hospitality method provided in developing country in contrast with developed country.

finally my first ever experience to present a paper at conference. you may find me at pwtc during 19th, 20th dec =)

amend it and submit to next potential journal. Don't give up bro.