Literature Review Matrix

Title:
Authors:
Journal:
doi: Year:
1) Read the title, abstract & introduction. 2) Read the sub-headings. 3) Read the conclusion. 4) Skim the references for familiar ones.
Is this paper
Category:
useful?

Context:
1st PASS
(5 minutes)

Correctness:

Contributions:

Clarity:

Rationale:
What Does It Do?

Aims:

Hypothesis:
How Does It Do It?

Participants:
2nd PASS
(1 hour)

Method:

Findings:
What Did It Find?

Implications:

Falsifiable:

Limitations:

Pinpoint
Implicit
Assumtions:
Weaknesses

Experimental
/ Analytical
Errors:

Missing
3rd PASS

Citations:
(2+ hours)

Presentation
Technique:
Strengths

Support for
Conclusion:

Internal
Efficacy:

Ref: How To Read A Paper, Keshav, S., http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/home/Papers/data/07/paper-reading.pdf

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