it depends on the research topics and available reference

We have to know before everything we have to write a proposal for research on a specific subject. To write a proposal you need to read most important articles regarding your subject.

Usually, I decide on 18 to 28 references.

When I write a literature review about my research I use the latest five to four litratures that I have been found which closed to my research

Start reading research on my subject to the class that you have to the full understanding of the search and how to formulate it in a new way with the first laps of solutions. It does not need four or five research papers. In the other research, the other who reached the view.

Dear Dr. Mohammed,

It depends upon how many papers related to the topic, which you are reviewing the literature about, are availbale.

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Rama

Concerning research papers for journals, the number of reference sources I use usually is not less than 20.

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Three to four ones

Around 20 is a good number. You should already have this list prior to writing the paper because prior to starting the research itself, one would have done a literature review to assess what has been done already.

Not less than 20 but quality and actuality of cited articles more important than quantity.

Thank you very much for sharing your useful answers concerning this discussion

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Mohammed N J Alzaidy

The number of researches that have been reviewed may be all of what has been written about the research topic, but the screening and selection of the best to present and discuss my results, there is no specific number, but some scientific journals determine the number of pages, so prefer the shortcut to the necessary references

Please go through the following discussion . As your discussion point is almost similar, you will get a lot of inputs.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_optimum_number_of_references_to_be_quoted_in_a_research_paper_for_its_quality_and_effectiveness

The introduce part of the article (first part) is contains some of the sentences that actually you used these from other articles. other parts of article such as formulates, you have to use reference for each of them to refer where did you take it. these are mostly used for references. so each formulate and each sentence from introduction of article needs a reference.

it depends on the type of the study(a thesis or article for a journal or case report). you need to have the most recent article related to the subject of the study in high impact factors journals

Dear Dr Mohammad

Its depend on the study of the paper such as qualitative or quantitative. For qualitative study, we have to read a lot and should cited the impact papers from prior to present. You can synthesizes and merges the several studies. Besides, It depends on the category of journals too.

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Dear colleagues many thanks to all of you for your sincerely contribution with this discussion

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Mohammed

I prefer 7

20-30 references

Zaid Abdul Zahra Mahdi, Vidyanjalie Abeygunawardena, Ali Abbood, Yuda Hadiwijaya and Nagendra Nath Das thank you for your useful answers

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Mohammed

It depends on your search. If you conduct proper and current search, few articles can capture all relevant ideas in the area.

Alhassan Abdullah & Madhu Bala

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Mohammed

• For a reference list to be comprehensive, you need not cite each and every work that is related to your topic. You should use your discretion and select only the works that are relevant and pertinent to a clear understanding of the research question. In your introduction, you should explain what is already known about the topic and use citations to support your explanation. Make sure that every idea that you have mentioned has been supported with at least one citation. This will ensure that you have a comprehensive reference list.
• Use a mix of both old and current publications, depending upon their importance. The reviewer should know that you are familiar with all the works on the topic, and not just the latest ones. It is absolutely fine to use only pertinent papers; it is not possible to cite every single paper in the field. However, it is best to use more of primary sources, rather than secondary ones.

Dear Dr. Numan Nafie Hameed , thank you very much for your detailed answer about the discussion. it was very useful to me.

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Dear Dr Mohammed good evening

thank you

i am happy that the answer was useful for you

hope you all success

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no more than 30 , except review paper

Here are some of the practices you should try to steer clear of:

• Honorary authorship: This means including of the name of the department head/chairperson whose contribution is limited to providing facilities and technical support. This practice is quite common among junior faculty members or researchers who feel obliged to give authorship credit to the aforesaid people.
• Ghost authorship: Ghost authorship occurs when the name of a person who has significantly contributed to the study is excluded from the final manuscript; for instance, employing professional writing services and not acknowledging their contribution.
• Courtesy authorship: This means including a fellow researcher or collaborator as a form of courtesy, or to return the favor for them having offered you authorship on one of their papers.
• Guest authorship: Listing a well-known senior researcher as an author to improve the credibility of your study and increase its chances of acceptance is known as guest authorship.

it depends on the research topics and available reference

About 100

@Sikandar Kahna, 100 is too much to my understanding.

I would like to thank all researchers who shared their contribution and opinions with this discussion. Best regards

Many thanks for the explanation @Joshua O. Ighalo. I agree with you

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Dear Doctor, you can write what you want and in accordance with the requirements of the university or ministry.

About 50

thanks to all researchers for their contributions.

Best regards

It depends on the research subject or availability of reference. It can depend on whether the research subject novelty or traditional

It depends on the research topics

Thanks to all researchers for their contribution with this discussion.

It depends on the scope of the review and the knowledge area.

You will require as many literature review articles until you prove that your work is original, fairly or completely new, and presents an optimized approach relative to other existing techniques. You will not only learn that, but also get used to the language in which researchers explain common or different ideas and lay a reasonable ground on the subject in which you intend to explore.

Additionally, we have to make sure that the included literature articles are up-to-date i.e. if we intend to submit our paper let's say today (May 4 2020), then majority of the references must be closely related to the area and must be within the last one or two decades. An extensive coverage with respect to the year will give the readers a good understanding about the subject.

@Hany Kasbanis right, it is highly dependent on research topics and available references

It depends on the available researches related to the subject of paper.