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What is the purpose of reading scientific literature in research?
Reading scientific literature helps researchers establish the novelty or innovativeness of their work, understand current theory, discoveries, and debates, and identify new lines of questioning or investigation.
What types of documents are accepted as a source of knowledge in research?
Papers that have been refereed and published in a reputable venue, theses that have been undertaken and examined at a reputable institution, and books that are based on the information presented in refereed theses and books.
What should researchers be mindful of when reading scientific papers?
Researchers should give each paper neither more nor less time than it deserves, and beware of details that may be wrong or garbled.
What is a literature review?
A structured analysis of a body of literature that groups papers by topic and critically discusses their contribution to the field, limitations, and questions left open.
When should you begin writing a literature review?
As soon as you start reading and add papers as you go.
Why should you be inclusive in early drafts of a literature review?
To make it easier to decide whether to include each paper and to keep a record of having read the paper.
What is the responsibility of the author when submitting a paper for publication?
The author is responsible for ensuring that the contents of the paper are correct and that the presentation is at an appropriate standard. It is also the author's responsibility to ensure that the paper is their own work unless otherwise stated.
What are the responsibilities of referees in the reviewing process?
Referees should be fair and objective, maintain confidentiality, avoid conflict of interest, complete reviews promptly, declare their limitations as referees, take proper care in evaluating the paper, and only recommend acceptance when they are confident that the paper is of adequate standard.
What are the responsibilities of the editor in the reviewing process?
The editor's responsibilities are to choose referees appropriately, ensure that the reviewing is completed promptly and to an adequate standard, arbitrate when the referees' evaluations differ or when the authors argue that a referee's evaluation is incorrect, and use the reviews to decide whether the paper should be accepted.
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