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Ways of Writing Reviews for a Research Paper

Peer review of a given research paper highlights its strength and its weaknesses in terms of the quality of the research paper written. The ways of writing reviews for a research paper discussed in this blog are among the most common methods adopted for peer reviews. When writing a review for any given research paper following are the questions to be answered:
  1. How sound is the research design?
  2. What do we now know that we did not know before?
  3. What can we do now that we could not do before?
  4. Are the reported conclusions generalized?
  5. What is the most questionable issue of the paper?
  6. Why is the experience not very representative?
  7. How sound is the solution?
  8. What is the next step to take?
  9. Whose goals are served or helped by this?
  10. Why wouldn't I use the same approach?
Another method adopted for writing a review of a given research paper is rather simple and requires less effort. This method contains the following sections to be answered:
  1. Summary: This section summarizes the contents discussed in the paper under peer review.
  2. Major Comments: This section discusses the most significant observations made in the context and content of the paper under peer review.
    • Positive Comments i.e. points in favor of the paper.
    • Negative Comments i.e. point not in favor of the paper.
  3. Minor Comments: This section discusses the least significant observations made in the context and content of the paper under peer review.
    • Positive Comments i.e. points in favor of the paper.
    • Negative Comments i.e. point not in favor of the paper.
  4. Suggestions: This section of the paper should suggest the writer of the paper under peer review with ways to further improve the quality of the paper. The section can include suggestions related to the paper itself and to the context of the paper under peer review.

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