Effective reading of literature

I read an article from the brief book , Think it is more effective , Now record it .

Literature reading , It is the only way for scientific research . As a scientific research Xiaobai , Follow the following rules and methods , Be able to focus on reading , I don't forget what I'm reading ~~ Hope... Hahaha

① Clarify the purpose of reading

Scientific research Xiaobai ： Chart understanding

People who don't know the field ： Introduction and discussion , Understand the current research direction in this field , Results and the importance of current research .

People who have made achievements in this field ： Methods and the logic of the paper , Different papers use different ways of telling stories , Use different methods for different data , Each has its own advantages .

② Understand the author's purpose

Who is the author （ Its scientific interest ？）, In the field of （ What technologies are available in this field 、 Research progress ）, meanwhile , Understand the type of paper .

③ Six questions

• What does the author want to know （ motivation ）？
• What did the author do （ Method / Method ）？
• Why do you do this （ Use methods in the field ）？
• What does the result show （ Graphics and data tables ）？
• How the author interprets the results （ explain / Discuss ）？
• What to do next ？（ On the last question , The author may provide some suggestions in the discussion , But the key is to ask yourself what you should do next , The last two rules will be discussed ）

④ Understand the chart

The information expressed in the figure 、 What the coordinate axis represents 、 Choice of color 、 Statistical methods 、 When to use what kind of chart .

form ： Experimental groups and variables in the table . In addition, there are the contents shown in other tables and the process of how to collect data .

⑤ Find out the structure of the article

• title ： The most important and critical information of this article
• The author list ： Here we show , The person who made the most important contribution to the research project . The general focus is on first authors and correspondents .
• Abstract ： The discovery of the article , Method , An overview of the results . Through the overview, you can understand the core content of the full text .
• Background introduction ： Describe the research background , The problem of research and its importance
• Method ： Describe the methodology of the study , In theory, you can repeat the experiment , According to the description of the method . But now the methods in the article are relatively simple , Often the specific method details will be mentioned in the annex .
• result ： Describe what the study found
• Discuss ： Describe what your results mean ？ The link between your findings and other studies , The highlights and shortcomings of this study
• summary ： Summarize the findings of the article
• quote ： Used to parse the articles referenced by the article results , It is generally a good place for us to find other relevant research .
• The attachment ： Now the text of the article is relatively simple , But more methods will be included in the attachment , Some more concrete results , There are also so important results and findings . The attachment is a good place for us to read an article carefully .
• Ancillary data ： Sometimes some tables or data are limited by the style of the article , Cannot show in article , Just put it here . It often contains some important information , For example, basic information of sequencing data .

⑥ Critical

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⑧ Read carefully as many times as possible

Read fast -- Read the full text -- marked （ Words you don't understand , The confused part ）

⑨ Discuss the article with each other

⑩ Consider what to do next

Reference source ：

Ten simple rules for effective reading - Simple books