[Thesis] How to read academic papers?

1. Search and download literature

Search 50-100 documents and download 30-50 papers worth reading

How to filter?

• Screening on topics

  • Is it related to your research direction?
  • It is also possible to start with interest.

• Filter on summary

  • What is the research background? What is the author doing? What problem do you want to solve?

  • What is the research object?

  • What is the research method?

  • What is the conclusion of the research?

  In order to judge whether the article value is worth reading, the following is also the method to judge whether the article value is worth reading:

  • Is the Google Citation Index high?

  • Is the author a great person?

  • Search with purpose, and read the latest articles first

Download the article if it is worth reading

2. Read the article with questions

First reading

process:

• Open the PDF, take a look at the summary, and recall the four questions from the first day

• Look at the chart, the narrative completeness of the chart. Make yourself an impression.

• Read the introduction (Introduction)

  • What is the research object and what is the background
  • How is the current research progress and to what extent
  • However, where is the current Reseach gap (emphasis)
  • aim and hypothesis: I want to use this method, or how about this method

  Find the gap, you can understand the author's points of interest, in addition to provide inspiration.

  The research background is slightly drawn.

  Outline the current research status.

  Mark out gaps, assumptions, and methods

These unskilled novice to do, print out the plan.

• Look at the discussion section

  • Read the first paragraph first. The first paragraph is a very condensed view of the results, more condensed than the abstract, and gives a brief conclusion.
  • Finally, look at the paragraph before the conclusion to see what shortcomings he currently thinks in his research and what he can do next.

• Organize articles

  • If excel organizes the article, fill in the content, and briefly summarize the article in about 20 words. XXX, several years of articles, what journals were published, and what methods were used to reach XX conclusions.

Second, third, and fourth reading

According to your own stage:

• The first stage: I don't know what to do at the moment. If you just look at the article for inspiration, first read the limitations in the introduction, that is, research gaps.

• The second stage: the research has begun, and the experimental part is given priority. When operating, compare his parameters and his settings.

• The third stage: The article is written, the result is out, and the picture is finished. Focus on his results and discuss. The result is consistent or opposite. If you want to reverse it, record it, discuss why it is opposite, and find the reason. Match, record it, as a supportive evidence in your article discussion section (supportive evidence)

Enlighten

• Doing things is always an assembly line efficiency, which is higher than completing one by one.
• What should I do if I don’t know the words and it’s hard to read? Find a review and translate it word by word