In this article I will share with you a few techniques for understanding how to read scientific papers quickly and effectively. The vast majority of the scientific articles follow a structure that is known as IMRaD. That stand for Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. In addition a scientific article is “wrapped” by an abstract and…
Heuristics for pre-selecting scientific works
Title: Heuristics for pre-selecting scientific works (tentative) Mentor: Francesco Lelli This thesis is about trying to answering the following questions: “what is a good research paper?” or “is this publication worth reading?” before reading the paper. Nowadays the amount of scientific journals is overwhelming and constantly increasing. Students, as well as senior scientists, are facing…