Steve Tippins Ph.D. shows where to find research gaps: check the "future research" sections at the end of journal articles, where authors spell out what still needs to be done. Watch out for self-serving suggestions or outdated ideas, especially in old papers.
Where do I go to find gaps? Well, first and the easiest way is where other researchers tell you there's a gap. And if you look at the end of articles that have been written, there may be a section called future research. Future research needs to be done on. That's the researchers telling you there is a gap. Now a caveat on that I have seen researchers suggest, hey, here's some more research that should be done without saying, oh, and I'm 90% completed on that research. They're trying to pave the way for their next article. Also, here's something that should be done. If that article was written in 1947, that's a long time ago. Probably somebody else has done something like it. So yes, if they tell you that's a great place to look but you want to continue to looking to say, is it reasonable? Is it timely? Things like that. If you're struggling with finding a gap or just having difficulties in fine tuning it, join our free dissertation help community. I'll see you there.
