How to read a paper efficiently

Posted 2022-01-19 icodeworld

How to read a paper efficiently

Structure of a Journal a Journal Article

1. Title
2. Keywords
3. Abstract
4. Introduction
5. Experimental
6. Results and Discussion
   • Tables, Figures
7. Summary/Conclusions
8. References

Two-phase process

Phase 1: Surveying the Article

to see if it‘s really worth investing a lot of time

1. Read title and keywords (these are probably what got you look at the paper)
2. Read the abstract
3. Read the conclusions

Feel free to stop reading the article at any point

Phase 2: Reading the Article

1. Look at the tables and figures (including captions)

   This is really what was done in the work. This does not take much time so it is worth looking at before really getting into the details which will slow down the reading.

2. Read the introduction

   This is the background needed and why the study was done

3. Read the results and discussion

   This is the heart of the paper

4. Read the experimental

   This is how they did the work. You only get to this point if you are really interested and need to understand exactly what was done to better understand the meaning of the data and its interpretation

Research note

faintest writing is better than the best memory

do not in the PDF, you need a special tool.

reference：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeaD0ZaUJ3Y