Keywords are often treated as a mere formality when submitting a scientific article. Yet they determine whether colleagues and relevant databases ever find the work at all. How many keywords should be listed, and how should they be chosen, so the article does not get lost among thousands of other publications? We look at the role keywords play in the indexing and citation rate of a scientific work.
Many early-career scientists treat a monograph and a dissertation as interchangeable formats of academic writing. Is that really the case? Is it compulsory to publish a monograph before defending a dissertation? Here we look at how these two formats of academic work actually differ.
The introduction is the first section of a dissertation that the dissertation council reads, and it largely shapes the first impression of the entire work. However, condensing the essence of years of research into a few concise and persuasive pages is not straightforward. Let us look at the elements that make up the introduction to a dissertation in Kazakhstan and how to avoid the most common mistakes when preparing it.
Formulating scientific novelty often causes difficulty, even for candidates with prior publishing experience. How does novelty differ from the relevance of a topic? Which formulations does the expert council accept, and which draw objections? Here we examine the requirements for scientific novelty in a thesis, along with the mistakes commonly made in describing it.
References – one of the sections of a dissertation by which the dissertation committee and academic supervisor assess the depth of research on the topic and the accuracy of working with sources. What exactly is checked in this section? What standards regulate its formatting? We examine the key requirements and common shortcomings that complicate the defence procedure.
An anti-plagiarism check is a mandatory step in the admission of a dissertation to defence. What exactly constitutes plagiarism under Kazakhstani law? What systems do universities use and how do they differ? What are the consequences of detected violations? We examine the key requirements and the procedure for preparing your work for the check.