Basheer Bala

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[Basheer Bala @basheerbala]

I am delighted that I passed my PhD viva from the @UniofExeter , today. Terrific thanks to my supervisors (Prof Sergio Catignani and Prof @EllieGadjanova ). Massive thanks also to my external examiner (Prof Abiodun Alao of the @ALC_KCL and my internal examiner Prof @briegp

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Thank you very much for the congratulations, Prof. You have offered several punchy, intelligent, and incredibly useful feedbacks throughout this doctoral sojourn. I remain grateful to you for joining Professor Sergio in reshaping my thinking, analytical and writing skills.

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Here is how you can review a research paper.

𝟏. 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭?

- Does it address an important problem?

- Is the target user of this research identified?

- How other researchers and practitioners will benefit from it?

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 are these 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 + 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

𝟐. 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲 - 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰?

- How different this research is from other state-of-the-art papers?

- Is the novelty clearly positioned with respect to related works?

- Is the gap clearly presented and justified?

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 are 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 + 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 + 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

𝟑. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 - 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲?

- Is the selection of research methodology clearly justified?

- Is there something that can lead to faulty results?

- Is the selection of data correct and justified?

- Is the design of the case study correct?

- Is the choice of the experimental setup correct and justified?

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 are 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑀𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦

𝟒. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡?

- Is sufficient information provided for other researchers to verify the claimed contributions?

- Is enough information provided so that other researchers can replicate the reported findings?

- Are the study design steps clearly defined to replicate the findings?

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 are 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 + 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠

𝟓. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲?

- Is this paper well-written, well-structured, and easy to understand?

- Does this paper contain appropriate figures, tables, and graphs, etc?

- Does every paragraph contain a key message?

- Is this paper free from typo and grammar issues?

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 are 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟

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