Write a research paper
An end-to-end walkthrough: plan the parts of a paper, gather sources and data, analyse, write each section, and check it before you share it in Word.
This guide takes a research paper from an empty project to a cited Word draft. Every paper has the same parts: an abstract that sums it up, an introduction that says why your question matters, a method that says exactly what you did, results with numbers and a chart, and a discussion that says what it means and what it can’t tell us. Plan those parts first, and Multilo can help with each one, without making things up.
Watch: write a research paper with AI
A real run in one Multilo chat: it plans the paper, asks for the method details only you know, analyses the data, writes each section in Word, and checks the numbers, citations, and figure before you share it.
1. Set up the project
Create a project
Click New Project and give it a name. This folder will hold your draft, sources, and notes. See your first project.
Set your voice and integrity (optional)
Teach Multilo your author voice and turn on strict integrity so the AI writes like you and never fabricates a citation.
2. Gather sources and data
Add the papers you already have to the project library, and put your data file (for example a CSV) in the project. Use Sources Hub to mine references from your papers and search the web for gaps. If you haven’t reviewed the literature yet, start with Run a literature review: its review becomes your introduction.
3. Plan the paper
Ask in chat: “Plan the paper first: a title and each section, with what goes in it. Build on my literature review and the papers in my library.” Multilo will also tell you what it can’t know from your files, such as how something was measured or how a test was scored. Those method details have to come from you, so give them in your next message.
4. Analyse and write
Ask for the analysis first: “Run the analysis: one clear chart and the right test, and explain the result in plain words.” Then ask for the paper in a Word file: “Write the paper as a new Word file, following your plan: Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results (with the chart as Figure 1), Discussion with limitations, Conclusion, and APA references. Use only the papers in my library.” Multilo writes each part with its own writing guide and cites papers from your library. When the Full Draft Writer is available again, you can also run it for a longer draft.
You stay the author
Treat the draft as a strong first pass. Edit it in your voice, use inline suggestions to tighten prose, and reshape sections as needed.
5. Check before you share
Set your citation style (APA, IEEE, Harvard, MLA, or Chicago), then ask for a final check: “Do the numbers in the Abstract and Results match your analysis? Does each cited paper really say what the sentence claims, and is every reference correct? Is the format right, and does Figure 1 look clean? Fix anything that is wrong and tell me what you changed.” When Claim Check is available again, it checks every citation against its source for you.
Then read the final paper yourself. Check that each in-text citation sits inside its sentence, before the full stop, and that charts start their axes where they should.
6. Share it in Word
Save to .docx. Your supervisor or journal gets an ordinary Word document with headings, tables, and figures.