@Keshav2007HowReadPaper

Keshav (2007) How to Read a Paper

Summary

Paper explains how to complete a three-pass read of research papers.

Reference

Reference:: Keshav, S. (2007). How to Read a Paper. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 37(3), 83–84. https://doi.org/10.1145/1273445.127345

Key Points

Reading Process

First pass - quick scan (5-10 mins)
- Read: title, abstract, introductions, headings and sub-headings, conclusion, references (esp. known ones)
- Can answer 5 C's
  - Category - type? analysis, review, overview, etc
  - Context - what does it relate to? papers? models?
  - Correctness - is what it's saying valid?
  - Clarity - is it well-written?
- Decide if you want to complete 2nd and 3rd pass.
- Sufficient for papers outside field.
Second pass - the highlight pass (up to 60 mins)
- visuals: figures, diagrams, illustrations - check for mistakes
- references- for future reading
- Can summarise main points with supporting evidence
Third pass (4-5 hours for beginners, ~1 hour for experts) - the Zettelkasten part
- Using author's assumptions, recreate the work
- identify and challenge assertions - how would you state this?
- note own ideas for future work
- Can elaborate on paper in its entirety and highlight its strong and weak points, underlying assumptions, potential issues.
Literature Survey
- Google Scholar - use keywords
  - one pass for 3-5 papers
  - related works (shared citations + repeated authors)
  - download important related works
  - identify conferences and and journals that repeated authors published in
  - download recent works
  - make 2 passes through these papers
- if lucky: recent survey paper or meta-analysis

Distilled Thoughts

(1C1) Read like a detective

Quotes

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Reaction

I thought this was a helpful way to approach reading academic articles. I really like that it had a common-sense approach and also highlighted other papers to improve ones ability to review or write. Again, relating to [supports:: (1A) Writers are made through writing and reading].
Very applicable to the [example:: (1A1D1A) Flow of zettelkasten], especially with respect to pass 2 and 3.

Connections

Related Works

I think I got this from Charlotte Fraza, but I actually don't remember...

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