His retort was unfair and demeaning. Both Scientists and Engineers do Research. Still, listen to others on how to creatively develop a water-tight argument, and how to present it succinctly and clearly, and how to do research that is reproducible and repeatable, and with impeccable referencing. His only exposure to Engineering research was perhaps seeing a template for 1st year students to fill in for the lab work. That is definitely not Research with a big “R”. First year lab work lacks the creation of a Research Question etc.

The template headings for lab work are IMR&D. These are universal, but have to be moulded to the requirements of the discipline. E.g., you may often include a List of Materials and Manufacturers.

I will never ask for approval of my English from anybody else, but will certainly welcome any advice from anybody on how to make it better.

Dear Atefeh. I think you are raising an important question. As a researcher and editor, I always teach that research is a journey and our focus and quality of research change, mature as we practice and publish. My advice, if you are passionate about research continue what you are doing and enjoy doing research, always critically evaluate your publications and aim into creating a next publication that can help in the advancement of science and add values to the field and the profession. Try to collaborate with other teams locally and internationally and sharpen your skills and learning as you do more research. I am sure that consistency, passion, and your willingness to improve the quality of your research will help you to master research work and produce significant publications that answer the challenges we face. Keep the good work, and see his comments from the positive perspective and in the back of your mind. Good luck. Prof S. Azer

Ian -- I think that the differentiation should be whether the manuscript contains discussion, analysis, lessons learned, and advice on HOW the findings can be used by the field or industry.

The former, regardless of the discipline, is more or less a lab report, but the latter is a worthy scholarly work.

thank you for all the input, Thank you Prof Michael, Prof Samy and Prof Ian. I agree to some extent with everything you all said, after all, engineering and science are in general reporting the observations, I have done some editing, writing, formatting and proof reading for may of my in need friends over the years myself. I have to say I'm so used to the engineering way. A while ago I took some courses in academic writing and I was so sure that I would shine in that course, however to my surprise I found it so demanding and so different while also beneficial. After all, some of the works of the best Nobel prize winners even in economics, and human studies fields looked like nothing more than a lab report. specially in the older times. So, maybe we are evolving after all. While every scientist and academia take their own subjects so seriously, I hope that some time in the future we can find a more common ground, meanwhile I also enjoy the differences between our majors as I find it exciting :)

thank you all for sharing your opinions , appreciate it a lot :)