academic-writing

SKILL.md

Comprehensive guidance for research design, scholarly writing, citation management, and academic publishing workflows.

Covers research question development using FINER criteria, systematic literature search strategies across discipline-specific databases, and Boolean search syntax for efficient discovery

Includes IMRaD structure templates (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) with section-specific writing conventions, tense usage, and hedging language guidance

Provides peer review response letter templates, grant proposal frameworks (NSF/NIH style), and journal selection criteria to distinguish reputable venues from predatory publishers

Addresses research ethics through IRB considerations, authorship agreements, conflict of interest disclosure, and misconduct prevention (fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, p-hacking)

Offers practical productivity strategies including citation manager integration patterns, writing routines, and a reference table of discipline-standard tools for analysis and collaboration

Academic writing and research methodology

Systematic approaches for scholarly writing, research design, and academic communication.

Research design fundamentals

Research question development

## Crafting a research question

### The FINER criteria
- **F**easible: Can you actually do this research?
- **I**nteresting: Does it matter to the field?
- **N**ovel: Does it add new knowledge?
- **E**thical: Can it be done ethically?
- **R**elevant: Does it address a real problem?