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                     What will be the Correct Approach to Select the Best Topic for Research 
 
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head, 
Technical Operations, phdassistance 
[email protected] 
 
In Brief piece of information. A topic from a broad 
 subject will help you in the background 
Several things are there to consider while research that will help you in developing 
selecting a topic for your research. One the research objective. 
of the essential things that should be  
noted is choosing a topic that will enable      II. PICK BROAD RESEARCH 
you to understand. Identifying a gap in  
the literature review will help you to The vital thing to take note while picking a 
proceed with the Research Topic. research topic is choosing the topic which 
Selecting a topic is the vital step in the has a broad field of research. It is not the 
research a good topic must be narrow needed thing you must know everything 
and focused enough to be exciting. PhD about the topic to select it. It is enough that 
Literature Review Gap Identification will the topic you chose contains the required 
help you to select the topic that is easily information to proceed with the research 
accessible for research. and gain knowledge about the research 
 area you select. Literature Review 
Keywords: PhD Literature Review Gap Identifying a Gap service help you to 
Identification, identifying a Gap in the pick a broad stream and the area that is 
Literature Review, Literature Gap and needed research. 
Future Research, Literature Review  
Identifying a Gap, Gap Identification 
Literature Review help, identifying a Gap in 
PhD Literature, Framework for identifying 
research gaps, Literature Review Gap 
Identification, Identifying a Research Gap, 
PhD Literature Gap and Future Research 
 
I. INTRODUCTION 
 
A Good Topic will interest your audience 
and also give you the ability to provide a 
great outcome from the research.  A good 
topic will make you feel better that the 
work done by you is convinced to say that 
the work is accurate, and it will fulfil the  
purpose to acquire the confidence in your Fig 1: Choosing a Topic 
research. Choose a topic from the subject  
that you are familiar with. It will create a     III. NEED FOR BACKGROUND       
trust to deliver excellent research work. INFORMATION 
Gap Identification Literature Review  
help will give way to Choose a topic from After choosing two or three topics on the 
a broad subject which will help you find subject, you are familiar with doing 
information about the topic choosing a background information will help you to 
narrow topic which will be hard to find a find the essential content and also helps to 
 
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understand the research problem easily. you under pressure. Since there is a 
Background information gives the main presence of n number of data, you may 
key points to start your research on the find it challenging to organize and give an 
field and helps to gain knowledge about idea and also there is a chance to lose the 
the topic that you choose to do your idea. Literature Gap and Future 
research.  Research will help you find it easy to 
 identify the research gap and help you 
IV. IDENTIFY THE GAP choose the best topic. 
  
The Research Gap refers to the area need VII. STEPS TO IDENTIFY THE 
to explore where others not done the RESEARCH GAP 
research. The gap analysis is the process  
that is applied to find the need for research Framework for identifying research gaps 
on several topics. It is the process of include pick, choose and categorize the 
comparing one's research with the actual gaps in the research papers. Picking is the 
outcome and the desired outcome. This most vital part of the identification 
gap analysis helps to give a better way to process. One should know to select the 
the readers to understand the need for most valuable research questions and 
research on the topic. By comparing this, know how to give priority for the 
one can conclude that the need to work on information you picked. Choose the things 
the study is available on this topic. It is the according to the preference and the interest 
process that is applied to check that there of yours towards the research. PhD 
is any gap in the research that needs Literature Gap and Future Research will 
improvement. Identifying a Gap in PhD guide you to identify the unique research 
Literature is the process that will make gap in the articles, papers and give the best 
you go in the right way with the expert's topic for your research. 
support. Without expert support, it will  
generate pressure in the research. VIII. COLLECT A LIST OF 
 KEYWORDS 
V. WHY IS THE RESEARCH GAP  
SIGNIFICANT Literature Review Gap Identification is the 
 crucial step in the Topic Selection that has 
It is essential to find a single research gap the purpose of helping you find various 
because there may be a chance of the idea papers based on your need. Collecting 
posted on the research you are wasting keywords defined the field and the 
your resources and fund into the study. So, subfield you are working. Take a bunch of 
finding a different research gap that will keywords to categorize them with the 
have a chance of your research finding research that you are looking for. Picking 
getting published is the essential thing to the relevant keyword is essential to do 
be considered while Choosing a Topic for further research based on the keyword you 
a Dissertation. selected. Prioritize the keyword you chose 
 and give them the importance to find the 
VI. CHALLENGE WHILE research article. 
IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH GAP  
 IX. READ MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC 
Identifying the research gap that comes up  
with the original research will make the Use the keywords that you are collected to 
whole thing into effortless. There is a lot to find more research articles, books based on 
be answered in the research article and it and you need to find the answer for your 
dealing with the lot of information will put research question by reading the articles. 
 
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Reading more articles will make you have 
a clear view of your research. Read more 
articles and books before giving the final 
topic for your research. 
 
REFERENCES 
 
1. https://emory.libanswers.com/faq/44525 
2. https://www.umflint.edu/library/how-select-research-
topic 
3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF0099256
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