Writing article manuscript reviews
Via Vegreville: How to write an article manuscript review.
1. Skim the paper to get the basic argument.
2. Read the paper very carefully, making notes on things I do not understand, do not agree with, and technical details I need to think about.
3. Get away from the manuscript and think hard about it.
4. Convert the notes from step 2 into a list in a document that will be the ‘bones’ of my report.
5. Start writing a summary paragraph about the paper into that same document, and the summary paragraph will lead into my overall discussion of the paper in the report.
6. Edit the document into a coherent report. The final report includes a paper summary, a discussion of my overall views of the paper, and a page by list of questions and comments.
7. Get away from the report and think it over again.
8. Reread and edit the report again.
9. Write the letter to the editor.
10. Submit.
3 comments:
This was incredibly useful for me, thanks! I wish they taught us these kinds of things in graduate school. I hope my review wasn't a total disaster.
This sort of thing pops up from time to time--there are many aspects of academia that are never or rarely discussed in graduate school.
Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.
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