HOW TO INCREASE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY, BEST TEN TIPS.

All professions require a sufficient amount of productivity, but if you practice scientific research, you will face a set of your own responsibilities and challenges. However, productivity must be maintained constantly, because any delays or complacency may affect the results you are looking for through your research.

In this article, we will introduce you to ten steps to staying productive as a researcher, and remember that the little things that you often overlook can go a long way in increasing your productivity.

 

1- Organize and Plan Well

If you cannot organize your time and plan what you want to do, you will not achieve your goals, because the first thing you must do is organize your time and set a clear plan as the first step to increase your productivity.

2- Use a Task Manager

To ensure that you do notforget or miss out on important things use a task manager.

Most task management tools can be broken down into three specific categories: 

• Manual Task Management
• Electronic Task Management
• Online Task Management
  

3- Prioritize Your Work

Arrange your work on the basis that you put the important and urgent things first.

4- Avoid Distractions

Allocate a specific time to deal with emails and snetworking platforms, and stay away from anything that distracts you.

5- Set Quantitative Goals

To guide your work in the right way, set quantitative goals, for example: writing 50 words a day, reading a scientific article in a day...

6- Automate Your Work

Automate your work wherever possible. It will helpyou save time.

Here are six ways to automate simple work tasks:

1. Sort and respond to emails.
2. Proofread your work in real time.
3. Save time scouring the news.
4. Leverage AI to schedule meetings for you.
5. Create custom automation rules.
6. Build custom workflows for repetitive computer tasks.

 

7- Take a Break

To regain your focus and vitality, reward yourself with a short break in between your work.

8- Avoid Procrastination

Avoid Procrastination as much as possible. And do not postpone today's work until tomorrow. 

9- Stay Motivated

Don't allow experimental failure to demotivate you.Keep yourself motivated throughout your project.

10- Network and Collaborate

Connect and collaborate with other researchers toget a different perspective on your work.