Developing the concept

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WHAT TO PUBLISH

We can broadly divide publications into two types:

  • Papers whose main purpose is develop ideas or theories. This type also includes 'review papers' where the existing literature is re-examined from a fresh (or different) perspective. Although such papers may include empirical data, their main purpose is to develop ideas or theories.
  • Papers whose main purpose is to report on empirical findings from original research or experiments. There is a tradition for such papers to be written in a stylised form and to have a pre-ordained structure. The writer has much less freedom to decide how to present the main message.

Which of these two types of papers are you thinking of publishing?

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