AI Meets Academia Unleashing Next-Gen Research Writing Tools PCU 23072025.pptx

It is about using different AI tools to make your academics easy

1. AI Meets Academia : Unleashing Next-Gen Research Writing Tools Presented by: Dr. Ajay Malpani Asst. Professor (S.G.), Department of Management Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore

2. Agenda Introduction of AI in Research Traditional Research workflow AI Augmented Research workflow AI Tools for each step of Research AI tools for writing a funding proposal AI tools for Patent filing and claims AI tools usage ethics 22-07-2025 2

3. Traditional Research Workflow 1. Literature Review and Identifying Problem 2. Research Design 3. Data Collection 4. Data Cleaning 5. Data Analysis 6. Visualization 22-07-2025 3

4. Traditional Research Workflow 7. Drafting Paper 8. Referencing & Citations 9. Grammar & Plagiarism 10. Journal Selection 11 . Peer Review Prep 12. Final Submission 22-07-2025 4

5. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges 1. Literature Review and Identifying Problem Approach: Literature review, brainstorming, and supervisor guidance Manual search on Google Scholar, Scopus Challenges of the traditional approach: - Time-consuming, as Overwhelming volume of literature - Dependent on the supervisor’s input - May miss emerging trends 22-07-2025 5

6. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges….. 2. Research Design Approach: Based on prior experience, standard textbooks, trial & error Challenges of traditional approach: - Limited to known methods - May not be suitable for complex problems - Not always up-to-date with recent practices 3. Data Collection Approach: Surveys, lab experiments, fieldwork Challenges of traditional approach: - Manual data entry errors - Low response rates - Time-consuming setup 22-07-2025 6

7. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges….. 4. Data Cleaning Approach: Manual work in Excel, SPSS, Python Challenges of traditional approach: - Error-prone and tedious - Requires scripting or advanced tools - Repetitive tasks reduce productivity 5. Data Analysis Approach: Manual statistical tools (SPSS, R, Excel) Challenges of traditional approach: - Requires expertise in stats - Time-consuming setup - Risk of misinterpretation 22-07-2025 7

8. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges….. 6. Visualization Approach: Charts in Excel, PowerPoint Challenges of traditional approach: - Basic visuals - Lack of interactivity - Limited design options 7. Drafting Paper Approach: MS Word / LaTeX , manual formatting Challenges of traditional approach: - Time-consuming writing - Inconsistent academic tone - Manual reference formatting 22-07-2025 8

9. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges….. 8. Referencing & Citations Approach: MS Word or LaTex formatting Challenges of traditional approach: - Formatting errors - Inconsistent styles - Time spent verifying sources 9. Grammar & Plagiarism Approach: Manual Reading Challenges of traditional approach: - Separate tools needed - Limited academic feedback - May miss contextual issues 22-07-2025 9

10. Traditional Research Workflow and its Challenges….. 10. Journal Selection Approach: Based on impact factor, indexing Challenges of traditional approach: - Uncertain scope match - High rejection risk - Time lost on unsuitable journals 11. Peer Review Prep Approach: Rewriting, formatting, manual revisions Challenges of traditional approach: - Stressful and repetitive - Time-intensive - May miss important reviewer expectations 12. Final Submission Approach: Manual formatting, portal upload Challenges of traditional approach: - Journal-specific formatting rules - Error-prone - Time lost in final prep 22-07-2025 10

11. AI tools for Literature Review and Identifying Problem ResearchRabbit – visualizes topic networks and research gaps To find research gaps what to look for: Sparse areas or disconnected nodes → may indicate underexplored subtopics . Overpopulated clusters → well-explored areas. New connections or emerging nodes → may reveal recent trends with limited study. 22-07-2025 11

12. Research Rabbit 22-07-2025 12

13. Elicit Elicit – suggests research questions from existing literature Case study : Can I go for a research for Crop Leaf Disease Detection especially for maize crop? Report 22-07-2025 13

14. AI tools for Literature Review and Identifying Problem Scite.ai – Scite is an AI-powered tool that shows you how a paper has been cited — whether it was supported , contradicted , or just mentioned . It helps researchers: Identify high-quality, well-supported studies Spot conflicting evidence (great for finding research gaps!) Improve citation quality in their own papers 22-07-2025 14

15. 22-07-2025 15 AI tools for Literature Review and Identifying Problem Scite shows how many times the paper has been: ✅ Supported (confirmed by later research) ❌ Contradicted (challenged) 📝 Mentioned (neutral citation)

16. AI Tools for Research Design The list of AI tools that assist with Research Design , covering the major components like methodology planning, sample size estimation, variable identification, survey/questionnaire design, and experimental simulation 🔹 WolframAlpha - Suggests appropriate statistical methods and models based on input data characteristics. 🔹 ChatGPT - Helps choose qualitative vs. quantitative methods, research paradigms, and workflow steps. 22-07-2025 16

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18. 22-07-2025 18 Tools for Survey & Questionnaire Design Google Forms – Objective-type surveys can be designed Typeform + AI - Conversational form builder with logic branching and smart templates. ChatGPT - Can generate entire survey instruments based on your objectives Webscraper.io is a free web scraping tool that allows to extract data from websites without writing code. Works as a Chrome browser extension and is widely used in data collection for research, marketing, competitive analysis, etc. AI Tools for Data Collection

19. 22-07-2025 19 AI Tools Webscraper.io Point-and-click interface Extract data from dynamic websites Handles JavaScript Sites Export data in CSV format

20. 22-07-2025 20 🔹 OpenRefine - gives you powerful ways to clean, correct and extend your data. No need to type inside a single cell, you can automatically fix typos, convert things to the right format, add structured categories from trusted sources. 🔹 ChatGPT - Using Python-based cleaning program AI Tools for Data Cleaning

21. 22-07-2025 21 AI Tools for Data Cleaning OpenRefine

22. 22-07-2025 22 🔹 Trifacta Wrangler Wrangler helps users blend, clean, and prepare their data for further analysis. 🔹 Pandas profiling (Jupyter Notebooks) Using Pandas profiling report we can find Missing values Duplicate rows Data types Distributions Correlations Outliers Manually, we write code for cleaning AI Tools for Data Cleaning

23. 22-07-2025 23 AI Tools for Data Cleaning Trifacta Wrangler

24. 22-07-2025 24 AI Tools for Data Analysis 🔹 Orange Data Mining – Orange Data Mining is a free, open-source machine learning and data visualization tool designed especially for non-programmers , data scientists , and researchers . It offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface to build and visualize data workflows for classification, regression, clustering, data preprocessing, text mining, and more. Feature Description 🧩 Visual Programming Build workflows using blocks called widgets — no coding required. 📊 Data Analysis & Mining Supports classification, regression, clustering, association rules, PCA, etc. 🧼 Data Preprocessing Tools for filtering, normalizing, imputing missing values, etc. 🤖 Machine Learning Integrates popular ML algorithms from scikit-learn. 📄 Text Mining Built-in support for preprocessing and analyzing text. 🧬 Bioinformatics Add-on Specialized widgets for gene expression and genomics data. 🔌 Python Integration Add custom Python scripts directly into your workflow.

25. 22-07-2025 25 AI Tools for Data Analysis 🔹 KNIME KNIME Miner is an open-source data analytics, reporting, and integration platform . It allows users to create data workflows using a visual programming interface — no coding required It also supports scripting in Python, R, and other languages for advanced users. 🔹 Python + libraries (Pandas, SciKit -learn, Statsmodels ) Data analysis, which includes processes of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data to extract useful insights, inform conclusions, and support decision-making. Using Python libraries like pandas, numpy , matplotlib, statsmodels , sklearn etc. data analysis can be done. 🔹 Google Colab Google Colab can be used for Data Analysis. It’ s free , cloud-based , and supports all major Python libraries with no setup required . URL: https://colab.research.google.com

26. 22-07-2025 26 AI Tools for Data Analysis Colab

27. 22-07-2025 27 AI Tools for Data Analysis Colab

28. 22-07-2025 28 AI Tools for Data Analysis Colab

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30. 22-07-2025 30 AI Tools for Visualization These tools use AI to assist in creating charts, graphs, and dashboards automatically from data. Tool Description Key Features Tableau with Einstein AI Powerful data visualization with built-in AI analytics from Salesforce. Natural language queries, predictive analytics, smart dashboards Power BI with Copilot Microsoft’s data visualization tool with AI-driven insights. AI-generated visuals, smart narratives, Q&A Qlik Sense with Insight Advisor Uses AI to suggest visualizations and insights from data. Auto chart creation, data storytelling Zoho Analytics Business intelligence tool with AI assistance AI-powered insights, auto visualizations, conversational analytics

31. 22-07-2025 31 AI Tools for Drafting a Research Paper Tool Description Key Features ChatGPT Conversational AI for content generation, editing, and summaries. Literature drafting, paraphrasing, summarizing, grammar correction, coding help PaperPal Enhances academic writing style and structure. Real-time suggestions, grammar check, journal-specific writing improvements Notion AI AI inside Notion for organized research and writing. Idea generation, content summaries, to-do extraction, contextual writing Hemingway App Writing tool to improve clarity and readability. Readability grade, passive voice detection, complex sentence suggestions

32. 22-07-2025 32 AI Tools for Drafting a Research Paper PaperPal

33. 22-07-2025 33 AI Tools for Drafting a Research Paper – Hemingway App

34. 22-07-2025 34 AI Tools for Drafting a Research Paper – TeXWorks TeXworks is a free and open-source application for editing and compiling LaTeX documents. It provides a simple and user-friendly environment for creating documents using the LaTeX typesetting system .

35. 22-07-2025 35 AI Tools for Referencing and Citations Tool Description Key Features Zotero Free, open-source reference manager for collecting and organizing sources. Browser extension, auto citation, PDF annotation, group collaboration Mendeley Reference manager and academic social network by Elsevier. Citation generation, PDF storage, collaboration, bibliographic data extraction EndNote Web Online version of the EndNote reference management tool. Reference organization, citation styles, integration with MS Word Citation Machine Online tool for generating citations in various styles. Quick citations (APA, MLA, Chicago), grammar check, plagiarism scan options

36. 22-07-2025 36 AI Tools for Referencing and Citations - Zotero Functionality What We Can Do Collect Research Sources Save citations, PDFs, web pages, articles, and books from your browser with one click using the Zotero Connector . Organize Your Library Create folders ("collections") and subfolders to organize references by topic, project, or course. Save from Multiple Sources Import citations from Google Scholar , PubMed , IEEE , and library catalogs. Attach PDFs and Files Automatically download and attach PDFs to saved references when available. Extract Metadata from PDFs Drag and drop a PDF, and Zotero can auto-identify its metadata and save it correctly. Cite While You Write Integrates with Word , Google Docs , and LibreOffice for automatic citation and bibliography creation. Use 10,000+ Citation Styles Supports APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver, and more. Sync Across Devices Sync your Zotero library across multiple devices using a Zotero account. Import/Export References Import from and export to formats like BibTeX , RIS, and EndNote XML.

37. 22-07-2025 37 AI Tools for Grammar and Plagiarism Check Tool Type Description Grammarly Grammar & Plagiarism AI-powered writing assistant for grammar, tone, and clarity. QuillBot Paraphrasing & Grammar AI tool for rephrasing, grammar correction, and summarization. ProWritingAid Grammar & Style AI writing guide for style, grammar, and structure improvement. Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Academic integrity tool used widely in institutions. Plagscan Plagiarism Detection AI tool for detecting content similarity in academic writing. Scribbr Plagiarism & Citation Student-friendly plagiarism and citation checker powered by Turnitin. GPTZero AI Content Detection Detects AI-generated content (useful to verify human-written vs AI-written).

38. 22-07-2025 38 AI Tools for Grammar and Plagiarism Check - QuillBot

39. 22-07-2025 39 AI Tools for Grammar and Plagiarism Check - iThenticate

40. 22-07-2025 40 AI Tools for Grammar and Plagiarism Check - iThenticate Similarity Report

41. 22-07-2025 41 AI Tools for Journal Selection Tool Provider Key Features Elsevier Journal Finder Elsevier Uses title and abstract to recommend journals from Elsevier’s database. Springer Journal Suggester Springer Nature Suggests suitable Springer/Nature journals using keywords or abstract. Wiley Journal Finder Wiley Recommends relevant journals based on your manuscript details. IEEE Publication Recommender IEEE Suggests IEEE journals/conferences based on abstract and topic areas. Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester Taylor & Francis Matches manuscript with T&F journals using abstract and subject areas. Researcher.Life Journal Finder Cactus Communications (PaperPal) AI-powered suggestions across multiple publishers with match score and criteria. JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator) Independent (Biosemantics Group) Uses MEDLINE data to match your abstract with journals, authors, and keywords.

42. 22-07-2025 42 AI Tools for Journal Selection How do these AI tools work? Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze your abstract/title/keywords Semantic similarity scoring to match with journal scopes Filters like impact factor, open access, review speed, and indexing databases

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44. 22-07-2025 44 Final Submission of Research Article Checklist Task Check ✅ Title page Includes title, authors, affiliations, corresponding author ✅ Abstract Concise, structured, includes keywords ✅ Main text Properly formatted (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) ✅ References Correct format (APA, IEEE, etc.) ✅ Figures & Tables High-resolution, properly labeled, captions included ✅ Supplementary Materials If any, properly named and referenced in text ✅ Language Quality Grammar and clarity checked (use Grammarly , QuillBot , etc.) ✅ Plagiarism Check Run through tools like Turnitin , PlagScan , Scribbr

45. 22-07-2025 45 Final Submission of Research Article Checklist Task Check ✅File format PDF, DOCX, or LaTeX as per journal requirements ✅Manuscript template Used the correct journal-specified template ✅Figures/Tables Embedded or uploaded separately as required ✅File naming Follow guidelines for naming files appropriately ✅Word/Character count Within specified limits (including abstract, captions, etc.) Technical Requirements

46. 22-07-2025 46 AI tools for Research Funds and Grants grantboost.ai - AI-powered grant proposal assistant that h elps draft, edit, and align your grant content with reviewer expectations Grantable (AI-focused) - Grant-specific writing assistant, version control, team workflows

47. 22-07-2025 47 AI Tools & Platforms Useful for Indian Patents Tool / Platform Purpose Key Features for Indian Context IP India ( https://ipindia.gov.in ) Official Indian Patent Portal File patent applications, check status, view published applications InPASS (Indian Patent Advanced Search System) Patent search (India only) Search published/Granted patents by applicant, inventor, IPC class, etc. Google Patents (AI-Enhanced) Global + Indian patent search NLP-powered keyword matching, citation tracking, includes Indian patents The Lens.org Global patent search & analytics Advanced filters for Indian patents, tech landscape analysis PatentPal / Specif.io AI-based patent drafting tools Help create draft claims, descriptions—useful before filing in India Jupiter AI AI tool for patent drafting & prior art India-friendly interface for startups, helps create draft patent docs Patent Bots Review drafted patent claims Helps refine claims before Indian filing, ensures clarity/compliance

48. 22-07-2025 48 AI tools usage ethics Responsibility You are fully responsible for the accuracy and originality of the work. Don’t blame the AI for errors or misleading content. Privacy & Confidentiality Do not upload sensitive or unpublished research data to online AI tools. Protect personal, patient, or institutional data. Avoid Plagiarism Don’t copy-paste AI output blindly. Always rewrite in your own words and cite your sources. Intellectual Honesty Use AI to support writing—not to generate full content or fake results. Only real researchers should be listed as authors (never AI tools). Bias & Misinformation AI can be biased or incorrect—always fact-check the output. Don’t rely on AI to write your literature review or conclusions alone. Follow Journal/University Rules Check and follow their policy on AI tool usage. Some journals require a clear disclosure of AI usage.

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