Scientific Research

Notes on how to do research, workflow and tools I find useful.

Research Process

• Do some preliminary literature research and find a research gap
  • How to find a Research Topic
  • How to find Research Papers
  • Save interesting papers in Zotero
  • How to read Research Papers
  • How to highlight Research Papers
  • Devise a Research Question and Hypothesis
• Create a base Structure
  • Start with a Table of Contents
  • Research Paper Structure
  • Practical Tips for a red thread
• Create an Outline
  • Start with your structure
  • Add key points under headings to ensure a red thread
• Refine Outline with Literature Research
  • Add relevant research paper annotations below Headings and Bullet Points
    • You can just copy Ctrl+c a Zotero annotation to the Outline

Stick to doing one thing at a time. Separate different types of work on each weekday (finding papers on Monday, annotating papers on Tuesday, outlining on Wednesday, writing on Thursday, organize on Saturday, do nothing on Sunday)

Tools

• I use Zotero for refence management
  • Zotero allows tagging documents, automatic meta-data collection and has built in PDF highlighting.
  • Use the Firefox Zotero Import Plugin to add PDFs to your Zotero Collection with 1 click
  • Add the Zotero Plugin BetterBibTex Plugin for exporting a collection to a .bib file
  • You can also store the Zotero papers in your Nextcloud via WebDav
• I use Obsidian for writing the Structure and Outlining
  • use Obsidian Zotero Integration plugin to import annotations into a Literature Note

Notes

• Research Paper Template
• 🌲The Konik Method for Making Useful Notes
• Organizing PDFs in Obsidian Youtube: Best tools for organizing PDFs in Obsidian
• Comprehensive Academic Workflow from Reading to Writing in Markdown
• Youtube: Could you use a GPT3 chatbot to help you read research papers?