Keywords are markers with the help of which research is searched in bibliographic databases.

So true Dr. Andrey Skorobogatov

Keywords are very important words /concepts found in your research question or thesis.

Dear Amina Sultan ,

How can key words help in Research?

Step 1: Make a list of important, relevant topics based on what you know about your business. ...

Step 2: Fill in those topic buckets with keywords. ...

Step 3: Research related search terms. ...

Step 4: Check for a mix of head terms and long-tail keywords in each bucket.

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-do-keyword-research-ht

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Shafagat

Shafagat Mahmudova -Thanks a lot for contribution.. Your response is really knowledgeable..

Fares F. Fares, Omar Ali Al-Khashman ,Andrey Skorobogatov -Thanks all of you your supportive responses.

 Answering burning questions

Making existing content more robust

New product or service research

Finding high-volume opportunities

Understanding the searcher’s needs

Establishing expectations of success

I think key words is a tool to get familiarize to your research very quickly, that's why it is very important to choose the suitable key words. I think the suitable key words should be- 1. Research topic like Radiation or Radioactivity 2. Used instrument like high purity germanium detector. 3. Research material like soil,water,plant. 4. Research methods like radium equivalent activity, effective dose etc.

Keyword is literally nothing but Key

It has dual role.

In Your Hand- With this, you can reach & open various Knowledge Treatises which are about that Keyword

In Others Hand- With this, They will come & open your research to explore for their purpose.

M.M. Mahfuz Siraz Thank you so much sir for your valuable inputs.. Much appreciated..

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Amina

Key words are essential to search any research work in different databases.

B K Sharma Thank you so much for the useful response.

my regards

amina

Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak

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Key words help to track your research work faster in various search engines and databases.

With the proper key words one can do literature search and come up with a short list of papers/articles that are relevant to your research area.

Please go through the following links.

Article Key words and their role in information retrieval

http://medind.nic.in/ibi/t02/i5/ibit02i5p369.pdf

Arvind Singh Srini Vasan B K Sharma Thank you so much for your valuable contributions.

Can the keywords help in improving the citations?

Arvind Singh Appreciate sharing of the link..Will be useful to many.

Vishnu Kumar Gupta Thank you so much . I appreciate your participation.

When we conduct a literature search online, we should be able to dig out relevant published articles. The purpose of keywords in a research paper is to help other researchers find our paper when they are conducting a search on the topic. Keywords define the field, subfield, topic, research issue, etc. that are covered by the article.Keywords make our paper searchable and ensure that we get more citations. Thus, it is important to include the most relevant keywords that will help other authors find our paper...

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Keywords are words that capture the essence of your paper. Keywords make your paper searchable and ensure that you get more citations. Therefore, it is important to include the most relevant keywords that will help other authors find your paper.

Here are a few tips that will help you create relevant and effective keywords for your paper:

1. Think from the point of view of the reader. What keywords would the reader search for that would help retrieve your article?

2. Keywords should ideally be phrases of 2-4 words; single word keywords are acceptable, but they may lead to many false matches.

3. Keywords should contain words and phrases that suggest what the topic is about. Also include words and phrases that are closely related to your topic. (For example, if the paper is about heart diseases, use words like stroke, circulatory system, blood, etc.

4. Also use variants terms or phrases that readers are likely to use (For example, if the paper is about spine disorders, use words like spinal cord, vertebral column, backbone, etc.)

5. The full forms of shortened words or acronyms and abbreviations should be included as well.

Journals ask for anywhere between 3-8 keywords. However, I would say it is good to have 4-5 keywords ready, and add more depending on the journal requirement.

keywords are essencial pointers to a study/paper, it must be carefully selected to reflect the basis of discussion of a problem

Ndalahwa MUSA Masanja many thanks for your valuable response. Regret my late acknowledgment of your contributions.. Regards

Ajibola Ibrahim Quadri Appreciate your interest and response to this discussion..I agree with your viewpoint. Regards

Keywords are important and necessary because they increase the chances of finding the required articles and research and they help to attract researchers to see their research.

Joshua O. Ighalo Thank you so much for your informative response.. I appreciate your interest and contribution. How the key words are decided, that can be most beneficial in future?

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Omar Ali Al-Khashman Thank you so much for the informative input. I appreciate your constant support and contributions.

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Keywords are very important for an article, because Keywords are indicator and crucial factor to hanging the content on the SERP in response to an users search using a search term like this keyword.

Please kindly read following useful documents, files and links:

https://wordvice.com/choosing-research-paper-keywords/

And

https://www.enago.com/academy/find-keywords-effectively-tools-glance/

As well as this one:

https://www.aje.com/arc/editing-tip-choosing-effective-keywords/

And this one:

https://www.sciencedocs.com/keywords-science-research/

It rereflects objectives

Keywords are very useful in article search in the database and reflects an important points in the content.

Key words are very important because they help reseachers find the right scientific articles in any database.

Best of luck,

Ildefonso

Based on the research work (book or article), keywords indicate the main topics that mentioned, reviewed, assessed, discussed, or concluded within the range of the research work. Thus, it is important in helping other researchers to access the research work when they do search for any topic of interest.

How to choose key words?

By identifying the salient words or phrases from the main body of the manuscript.

To choose the key words for a research paper properly, they should be chosen from below components:

1- The main topic of the field

2- The subtopics

3- Regional mentions

4- Special Methods of methodologies or models used in achievement of article objectives.

5- Any other special indicators or specifications that are included in the research article.

Please see this link

https://libguides.lvc.edu/c.php?g=333843&p=2247147

It helps discover content better through a search engine. Hence it can boost citation score.

I agree with Dr. Stanley Ebhohimhen Abhadiomhen

To identify the key areas of the research.