Online course on writing scientific and review articles

Dear Authors,

This course (in Russian) is about preparation for publication of your paper for the Central Asian Journal of Water Resources Research (ISSN 2522-9060)

The course will also be useful for authors to prepare papers for publication in other scientific, peer-reviewed journals.

The course was developed by Aliya Tankibayeva, PhD, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK. Her experience includes over 10 years of teaching a research writing course at KIMEP, developing and teaching a 2-week course on Digital Tools for Young Scholars, and developing 4 research project proposals at American Corners Nur-Sultan. Aliya Tankibayeva is the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, under the College of Social Sciences, KIMEP, in September 2019 and May 2016.


This is an introductory lecture to the course on writing articles in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

How the course should be studied:

-Study the video lecture for each session

-Use the slides to consolidate the information you have learned

-pass the tests and practical tasks

-complete additional exercises for each session on this page.

Course Outline

Session 1. Journal Guide. Research Objectives

-The purpose and subject areas of the CAJWR journal

-What articles can be published in CAJWR?

-How can an author find out if their paper meets the journal requirements?

-Exploring the sections of the website

Session 2. Research Objective and Research Question

-Selecting a scientific objective for publication in CAJWR

-The research question

Session 3. Novelty and value of the research

-Why research is important?

– How to justify the novelty and value of your research?

– The vision of the researcher. Psychological aspects.

Session 4. Literature review.

-Purpose of using literature in a research article

-Tips for organizing and structuring a review for a scientific journal article

-How to find and select literature sources and other materials?

Session 5. Abstract. Introduction

-How does an abstract differ from an introduction? What are the common elements?

-Journal requirements for the abstract

-Guidelines for the structure and content of the introduction

Session 6. Requirements for a research article

-The characteristics of scientific study

– Requirements of CAJWR for the research paper

Session 7. Methods and Materials. Results

-How to analyze data and get the results

-The importance of theoretical frameworks and analytical models

-Why apply statistical methods?

-Examples of how to structure the Results section

Session 8. Section “Discussion of results”. Conclusion section

-How does the “Discussion” section differ from the “Conclusion” section?

-How to structure the “Discussion” section?

-How to structure the “Conclusion” section?

Section 9. Workshop on research articles

-Parsing a published paper in the social sciences

-Parsing a published paper in the earth sciences

Session 10. Requirements for a review article

-Types and purposes of review studies

-CAJWR requirements for the structure of a review article

Session 11. Structuring review articles.

-Recommended structure

-Possible approaches to selecting the purpose of the review

-Structuring the main body of the review article

-Choosing a thematic section heading

Session 12. Workshop on review articles

-Analyzing a published review article

-Practical assignment

Session 13: Requirements for short communications. Workshop

-Why publish short communications.

-CAJWR journal requirements for short communications

-Workshop

Session 14. Plagiarism. Academic writing style

-Academic writing style

-Citation rules

-Working with text – tips for the author

-Checking for plagiarism

Session 15. Working with the editorial board. Publication ethics.

-How to assess the readiness of an article for submission to a CAJWR journal

-Examples of peer reviews for articles that do not meet CAJWR requirements

-Journal Ethics Guidelines


Course fee KZT 15000

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The payment order has to be sent to cajwr@dku.kz, after that you will be given individual access to the online course.

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