The standard way of creating an index is by writing something like,
"term \index{term}"
Index will not show up in table of contents
Some random \index{random} text \index{stuff!text} about fact \cite{fact}.
It would have been much more efficient and more elegant to write only
"\index{term}"
The problem is that, Latex will not show "term" in the output pdf if only \index{term} was written.
Is there anyway to change this behavior?