RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Activity 1: Finding Academic Papers
KTU Semester 8, 2024 College of Architecture Trivandrum
FINDING ACADEMIC PAPERS
FOR YOUR RESEARCH
Journals, Articles
& Peer-Reviewed Research
Defining…
Journals are academic magazines where researchers publish peer-
Journals reviewed articles.
Journal Articles Journal articles are the individual pieces of research in journals
Peer-Review Quality control process where academics review each others' work to
check that it has been researched rigorously and contributes to the
discipline that the journal covers
Reference: Journals, Articles and Research for Business: Finding academic journals. (n.d.). Retrieved
from [Link] Accessed on May 5, 2021.
Why Peer-Reviewed Research?
Quality Control for Research Work
“Double-blind” process to ensure anonymity of author and reviewer
Ensures that research is rigorous, the process is ethical and conclusions are relevant for their field.
Reference: Journals, Articles and Research for Business: Finding academic journals. (n.d.). Retrieved from
[Link] Accessed on May 5, 2021.
But are all Peer-reviewed journals equal?
It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by
Impact Factor calculating the times it's articles are cited.
An indexed journal is the one that is listed in various academic
Indexed Journals databases such as PubMed, Scopus Indexed Journals, Web of
Science, etc.
Academic Databases A collection of journals, articles, books, etc that is commonly used for
research, including access to academic journals.
Finding the Journal Details & Web Page…
Journal
Click on the Link to access
the Journal Web Page
Things to note on the Journal’s Web Page
Impact factor
Searching for
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Searching for Journal Articles
Academic Databases A collection of information that is commonly used for research and
writing, including access to academic journals.
Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, JSTOR, etc
[Link]
Searching for Journal Articles
Academic Search Engines
Searching for Journal Articles
Use BOOLEAN Operators to focus your search AND OR
“CSEB” AND “Thermal Comfort” AND Hot humid climate OR Tropical
Your results are streamlined and
focussed
Google Scholar Search Results…
Things to note on the Google Scholar Search Results Page
Full citation for this article in various styles
Additional references linked to this article
More things to note on a journal article page…
Academic Database
Journal
Publisher
Full Paper may be
accessed for free
More things to note on a journal article page…
Full Paper Access is
restricted
