1. Classification according to writing purpose
According to the purpose of writing, academic papers are divided into professional papers, degree papers and course papers. Professional papers, as the name implies, are papers with significant professional characteristics written by various professionals in their respective research fields.
Degree thesis refers to the thesis submitted by degree seekers according to the corresponding requirements, aiming at measuring academic ability and level, and is usually submitted before applying for various degrees; Course paper refers to a paper written on a specific topic in the course content according to the requirements of talent training plan when studying various courses.
2. Classification according to subject areas
Academic papers are divided into natural science papers and social science papers according to subject fields. Among them, natural science papers are divided into engineering practice, experiment, theoretical application, summary, theoretical research and research papers, while social science papers are divided into literature, history and philosophy, economics, education and sociology papers.
3. Classification according to writing content
According to the writing content, academic papers are divided into thematic papers, debate papers and summary papers. Thematic thesis refers to a style that expresses one's own opinions in the form of direct discussion and puts forward one's own views on an academic problem of a certain subject from the front on the basis of analyzing the previous research results.
Debate papers refer to other people's views on an academic issue in a certain professional field, and express their views on the same issue through debate; A comprehensive paper, also known as literature review, is a style that refines, summarizes and evaluates relevant features on the basis of a comprehensive description of previous research results.
4. Classification according to value orientation
According to the value orientation, academic papers are divided into theoretical research papers and applied research papers. The former refers to the observation and description of objective phenomena or events, using induction or deduction.
The style of revealing the general characteristics behind it and explaining it in specific language (professional, visual, figurative, etc.). ); The latter is mainly aimed at how to apply the basic theory to practice, or to put forward targeted improvement schemes or countermeasures and suggestions to solve practical problems.