“Research Tools” can be defined as vehicles that broadly facilitate
research and related activities. “Research Tools” enable researchers to collect,
organize, analyze, visualize and publicized research outputs. Dr. Nader has
collected over 700 tools that enable students to follow the correct path in
research and to ultimately produce high-quality research outputs with more
accuracy and efficiency. It is assembled as an interactive Web-based mind
map, titled “Research Tools”, which is updated periodically. “Research Tools”
consists of a hierarchical set of nodes. It has four main nodes: (1) Searching
the literature, (2) Writing a paper, (3) Targeting suitable journals, and (4)
Enhancing visibility and impact of the research. In this workshop some tools
from the part 2 (Writing a paper) will be described. The e-skills learned from the
workshop are useful across various research disciplines and research
institutions
Nader
Ale Ebrahim holds a PhD degree in Technology Management from the Department of
Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of
Malaya. He holds a Master of Science in the Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Tehran with distinguished honors. He also has over 19 years of
experience in the establishment of the R&D departments in different
companies, heading projects as the project director and project coordinator and
implementing knowledge based system in the R&D department. His current
research interest focuses on E-skills, Research Tools, Bibliometrics and
managing virtual NPD teams in SMEs’ R&D centers. His papers/articles have
published and presented in the several journals and conferences.