How to read papers

title: How to read papers tags: 深度学习,机器学习,数据挖掘, grammar_mindmap: true renderNumberedHeading: true grammar_code: true

Describe: "如何读英文文献"
Date: 2018-12-1

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阅读英文文献

how to find

• Reference lists - use the reference list of a good article to find related articles.
• Reliable journals - page through favorite journals to look for interesting articles & keep up with what’s going on. Goto libraries.
• Popular press - less considered(MY INTERPRETATION)
• Colleagues, professors and friends
• Current Contents - a journal that consists of the table of contents of other journals.
• Citation Index - a compilation of all the articles referenced by recently published articles; “forward reference”.
• Compilations of Abstracts - like Current Contents; published less frequently, contain title & abstract & summary.
• Computer searches
• Web searches - web crawler

how to read papers

• ead an article at least two, three, or four times.
• For things you do not understand, they’re because:
• • Lack of adequate background.
• • Just too complicated.
• • Do not make sense.

Preparation:

• Looking up points made in references.
• Looking up in textbooks.
• Looking up words in dictionaries.
• Asking questions.

Whether to read:

• sufficient interest
• relevance to the work
• general importance
• quality & accuracy
• clearly written & accessibility
• “meaty”
• short

Suggestions to steps

Phase I: Screening the article

• Read the title once for keywords; read slowly to make sense.
• Judge the quality by author name.
• Look at date.
• Additional keywords.

Phase II: Getting the punch line

• Read the abstract once fast for keywords; read slowly to make sense.
• Read introduction. Easy & Informative in background.
• References sited by introduction.

Phase III: First reading

• Skim the abstract & intro to ensure adequate understanding of them.
• Skim the methods section. Only need to be studied if you intend to use the procedures.
• Read the results section.
• Read the discussion.
• Study the figures and tables.