Judge whether the paper is worth reading first)

1. Look at the title and keywords to guess the general theme and content of this paper, so as to judge whether you are interested or needed?

2. Read the abstract.

It is very important to explain the basic content, method characteristics and main contributions of the paper, which is the condensation of the whole paper.

3. Look at the conclusion.

Skip the preface, experimental methods and other parts, and look directly at the author's conclusion. If the conclusion is not relevant to you, throw away this paper.

Second, read the newspaper

1, reading charts and data.

Take some time to look at the charts and data before looking at the details of the experiment.

2. Look at the introduction.

The function of introduction is to introduce the research background, the problems to be solved in this context and their importance.

3. Read the results and discuss them.

The results and discussion are the core of the paper, which is worth spending most of the time reading.

4. Watch the experiment.

This is the most obscure part of the paper, so it should be put at the end. When this part needs to be read carefully to understand what the author has done and how to do it, the reading speed must be slowed down and it will take more time.

Third, take notes.

"A good memory is not as good as a bad writing", and you need to take notes carefully after reading the paper. Good notes can help you "steal" all the important contents of a paper. In this way, you only need to read your own reading summary next time, and you don't need to reread the paper.