Original research

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Original research (often also original research , English: original research ) aimed at winning new scientific insights and lesser known to the representation and reproduction knowledge in a new form as abstract ( Abstract ), review or compilation from.

Borderline cases

The transition from original research to compilation, i.e. the compilation of known knowledge, is fluid. Even a classification can provide completely new knowledge in a research area. A classic example of this is the periodic table of the elements, which was drawn up independently by Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907) and Lothar Meyer (1830–1895) and which led to important predictions and discoveries.

Publications of original research

Criteria for original research in a publication are: The author or authors of a study ...

  1. report on their own research,
  2. describe their hypothesis and the purpose of their research,
  3. explain their research methods,
  4. represent the research results,
  5. interpret the results and discuss possible implications of the same.

Original research results are usually published in specialist journals ( journals , with the exception of reviews ) or in independent scientific monographs . An example of such a publication of original research is a part of a promotion created dissertation .

See also

literature

  • AF Chalmers: What is this thing called science? 2nd edition, University of Queensland Press, Queensland 1982.
  • RH Fletcher, SW Fletcher: Clinical Research: Boundaries and Standards. In: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/1986, pp. 203-204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. BMBF: Funding guidelines for genome research , point 2, penultimate paragraph, last sentence
  2. ↑ Lauren Newton: What is Original Research ? University of North Florida [1]