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Research paper outline mind map template
A research paper outline mind map with question, literature review, method, results, discussion and references, to organise a paper before writing.
Who it is for
- A graduate student structuring a thesis chapter or journal article.
- An undergraduate writing a first research paper for a course.
- A researcher checking that the method matches the research question.
How to use it
- Open the template and write your research question as the central topic.
- Fill the Question and Method branches first, then add sources under Literature.
- Draft results and discussion as short claims, then export Markdown to write the full text.
The outline
Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.
Research paper
- Question
- The research question, in one sentence
- Why the answer matters
- Hypothesis or expected answer
- Literature
- Theory the paper builds on
- Three to five studies that shaped the field
- The gap this paper fills
- Method
- Design: experiment, survey or analysis
- Data source or participants
- Measures and tools
- Known limits of the method
- Results
- Main finding, with its number
- The figure or table that shows it
- A result that surprised me
- Discussion
- What the findings mean
- Agreement or conflict with earlier work
- Weaknesses a reviewer will spot
- The next study to run
- Conclusion
- A direct answer to the question
- Contribution in one line
- References
- Sources to cite
- Citation style
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