How To Write An Exceptional Literature Review With AI [NEXT LEVEL Tactics]

[@vugar_ibrahimov]

"DEFINITELY DON'T DO THAT". I love that face there, Andy!!! 😃 These are exceptionally perfect tips.

[@ayelelegesse.6830]

Trust me! the moment I see that expression on his face, I couldn't hold my laughter, although I was in a library...and rushed to the comment section.........and .....here you are!!! well said bro, and he's fantastic.😀

[@thelordofrings-l9c]

I thought he was serious with his words hah

[@Supreme_1906]

He definitely had me going... 😅

[@ahmedlairedj8284]

😅😅😅😅 yes not good

[@eleftheriosgkioulekas1001]

no no no good. le terrible. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ArunYadav-lf4ti]

00:01 The first step in writing a literature review is to come up with a structure. 01:46 Collect all the references from the most recent literature review 03:38 Use a reference manager like Mlay to organize and capture research papers 05:27 Finding high-level information and review papers for understanding organic photovoltaic devices. 07:08 Use Doc analyzer to analyze and organize documents for your literature review 08:58 Identifying important parts of documents requires specific keywords. 10:40 Using an AI tool like mlay makes it easy to generate a literature review by copying and pasting information with proper citations. 12:30 Organic photovoltaics and their future applications.

[@mushi3101]

Hey you missed 4:36. Don't use scihub if you can't find pdf's. It's giving away papers for free which is ruining academic research.

[@cesmed]

Thanks

[@BabyAteMeDingo]

Mendeley*...

[@thop1984]

You have to be the most important KZbin channel (out of hundreds) that I am subscribed to. You are providing such current information on helpful AI sources for Ph.D. students; it is very helpful and appreciated. Thank you.

[@Behnam75289]

Your comments sounds Iranian 😅

[@wasstula]

I also warned my students about Sci-Hub and showed in detail what they should avoid doing.

[@minchurandom]

I normally don’t comment on videos, but just want to express the love to your channel, especially the warning part about sci-hub 😂

[@vugar_ibrahimov]

why don't you comment? not commenting is not something to be proud of.

[@michaellillich1298]

​@@vugar_ibrahimovshy people exist. Library Genesis also exists, but we shouldn't use it.

[@vugar_ibrahimov]

@@michaellillich1298definitely, I do not use libgen and plus I do not use z llibrary either.

[@waleakinola]

O yeah, very important advice 😉😂😂😂

[@NORLINAMALI]

Hahahah.. true

[@thomasa.2572]

This helped me a lot. When I think how I had to do this in the early 2000s. Going to the library, searching the book if available at all, standing in line at the copier for hours, crying silently in a corner... ;)

[@kathleenannvincent9477]

This video gave so much hope. I’ve been in my literature review section for almost 3 years due to being resistant to optimizing AI but I’m going to use these tools to get over this Proposal stage. It’s been too long!

[@douglasdrumond]

Sarcasm is not always obvious to me. I was prepared to disagree with you on Sci-Hub, but that pause and that expression made me rethink and then I realised it was sarcasm.

[@techwithtee8721]

😂😂😂

[@Kirnotsarg]

I was expecting him to wink

[@litmaps]

Thank you for sharing, Andy! This is phenomenal in terms of being such a realistic, practical and actionable workflow. It's great to see the use of both Seed and Discover back-to-back as well. Seeing the rate of how quickly you pull this together isn't just impressive, but really reflective of the nature of research and how rapidly its evolving. Not so long ago, researchers were sifting manually through paper references -- and what used to take months is now done in seconds. Amazing, and intriguing to see how it all develops.

[@miheico]

the sci-hub part is brilliant! thx a lot for your work

[@ketolomics]

Having done it both ways (the old way of pulling and reading papers vs new way of leveraging LLMs), I would say the strategy you use depends on your goal. If you are just trying to knock out a project and then move on, the process outlined in this video is solid. If your goal is to become a content expert in a specific area, and you plan on pursuing a research career in this area, then the solution is more of a hybrid approach: reading a lot of original papers rather than lit reviews or meta-analyses. The reason is twofold. First, the quality of your prompts to the AI will increase dramatically - and you’ll discover just how much an AI routinely misses. Second, you are probably putting together two or three lines of earlier work in order to develop a new synthesis - a bona fide new line of inquiry. The AI tools will help ENORMOUSLY… but you will still need to dedicate time for your own detailed reading. In part, this is because you are not just “reviewing and summarizing,” but rather critiquing the gaps and unsubstantiated or overgeneralized claims in the current literature. The more intimately familiar you are with your lit, the more command you have of the efficiency tools and the more objectively you can meet any questions, concerns, or challenges to your work.

[@SoNick25]

never before have I been so excited to do a lit review!!!

[@henriquealves1104]

Man, I do not have other words than that: I Love You. By knowing all the tips and talking about it so fluently I guess you could be an AI... or you are

[@ismailujaimi15]

Thank you a lot, Andy .. I am a new Ph.D. student and I feel really frustrated, lost and don't know where to start since I am doing it 100% online... but you gave me a great roadmap to leap forward! Many thanks

[@holsten.9145]

How is everything going ? did you manage to start?

[@dagingerbreadman70]

Sci-Hub carried me for my senior undergrad capstone hehehe

[@shawnershorts]

When I started framing my dissertation, I had a document that had categories that matched my major themes and sub-themes. I practically lived on Google Scholar doing keyword searches. Articles that are essentially mini-literature reviews of extant and current literature are the biggest time savers. As I did it, I created my reference list and put it into alpha order with DOI and the existing citations that the articles provided. Worked great.

[@barrettbilali9727]

I never thought I would be so informed and entertained when I clicked on this video. Thank you for the chuckle.

[@Evelyn-gr6mp]

agreed!

[@darwin4373]

Thanks

[@AustinThomasPhD]

When you said looking up papers was the 'fun part' (relatively speaking at least), that is when I knew for sure that you are legit.

[@victorfebo2672]

Andy, you have been a God's sent to my doctoral dissertation! Thanks a bunch for this fantastic work!

[@johnjohnCDN]

Thanks!

[@riazeredo7]

what an amazing video, thank you so much Andy! 👏🔥 just starting my PhD adventure and I'm pretty sure all these tools will make a huge difference! All the best!

[@AlPal4554]

I love how current and up-to-date your videos are. Thank you as always!

[@Joshocan]

Thanks you Andy. One of your videos guided me successfully through the PhD application and interview process. This particular video is perhaps the most crucial and up-to-date resource for initiating my PhD journey. Much appreciated.

[@naev0]

Hi Andy, I'm a masters student but your channel is still so helpful, thank you

[@jelinosoares9527]

You are a super generous man and thank you so much for sharing your tips and knowledge. Really appreciated it.👍👍

[@laStar972chuck]

ALL THESE TIPS AND TOOLS ARE AMAZING!! Thank you so much !

[@joannaervik467]

Andy, so grateful for this video. You are The ultimate Academia Robinhood. God Bless you.

[@grahamhilton3110]

Another great information-packed edition, am trying to start my review currently and struggling to find papers on what I feel are relevant! Thanks for this great video they certainly make me think more lol

[@a.k.s3805]

Thank you so much! I'm a high school student writing my first literature review and this really helped!

[@DrAndyStapleton]

You're so welcome!

[@xr.melissa]

Love this! I tried asking my professors about tech tools (AI or not) for literature review and I got a blank stare. Maybe some of them are too far into their careers to feel the need to try a new tool. But the reality is that not learning how to use these tools responsibly will put you behind your peers. I use AI all the time to help process the vast amounts of reading I have to do, quiz myself on topics, and other supportive tasks. I obviously do the real work myself, otherwise I'm not learning (i.e., the point of the degree).

[@Limahcares]

OMG! These tools would literally save me hours of manually searching literature. Thank you, Andy! From experience, which is better between Litmaps and Connected Papers?

[@dejavucloud]

You are a Gem for me and most people, ever since came across your page. It’s amazing and mind blowing to have learnt so much. Keep it up Andy

[@deutschejar]

Wonderful video as always! However, I respectfully disagree with the point made at 3:07. I believe the importance of the reference (node) is made by the size of the circle more than its position in the chart.

[@jahidem]

05:05 ,Roger that , message received loud and clear.

[@DennySantos23]

Excellent video. Super appreciative of these videos and the work you do. Being able to demystify the PHD process and make it more manageable if truly helping the next generation of Docs out there. Keep up the excellent work.

[@mswatson4340]

THANK YOU! I have detested doing Lit Reviews since my BA and I have never been able to master them. I feel like I can apply this video to my dissertation next year. Thank you so very much!!!

[@MHajyounes]

Kahubi is worth mentioning, also super useful when you do a literature review

[@TimothyAllison1]

Hi Andy, I love your videos. Have you thought about doing a video series, showing your favorite AI tools and how to use them in combination to complete a research paper. Honestly, you have so many videos, with so many tools, it becomes overwhelming. Just some food for thought.

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Great idea! I'll add it to my list of video. Thank you for the suggestion.

[@robertovillalobos51]

OMG, it´s going to help me a lot, i just have to do the tables with all the informatión, it would be the last i would search

[@victorvenanciosilvafebre9802]

PhD Student over here, amazing video, thanks for the knowledge

[@Veyedeo]

This is fantastic. I guess Elsevier thinks we are just going to figure this out, but it is so quirky and buggy, as you point out, that it is hard to know what it is doing half the time. Thanks very much for explaining it. I thought my system config was all wrong. It turns out it is very useful, but bad software that requires patience and a persistence to see what it loaded correctly and what it didn't.

[@lubnanaeem3480]

Thanks Andy for providing such an informative information in such a beautiful and brilliant way

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dear.momo786]

Dude telling you what not to do by showing you what exactly you need to do ;) Lit!

[@drury2d8]

My advisor did his PhD in 1970s, with no internet. Wonder how they did it back then - it was quality over quantity. While amount of research has increased several fold, the fact that 'less is more' holds true to this day.

[@vugar_ibrahimov]

80% of phds are useless papers and wasted time

[@Ryuuuuuk]

Conversely the amount of published scientific literature back then was much smaller and more easy to overlook.

[@jenniferbrantley5931]

Love your videos and that fantastic green shirt!

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Thanks so much!

[@-vidyaganithavinodaya1683]

"Definitely should not go to sci hub " , Now that's clever wording !!

[@Dr.FirozKhan-gk7ey]

DEFINITELY DON'T DO THAT". I love that face there, Andy!!! 🤣 Exceptional! Great work !

[@stonethecrows555]

Andy, you are an effing genius! Thank you for this!

[@camille5424]

Not all heroes wear capes! you are amazing, thank you so much for all that you share.

[@sachinifernando6081]

You are precious 🥺and i mean it 🤭.My goodness the struggle was real before these tips.

[@michaelsami6409]

my seocnd comment in the same video, this is genius ! OMG I am flattered

[@drsygfq]

Anyone who is left with 6 month of PhD degree and browsing Andy's videos?)) Just subscribed to the docanalyzer. Totally worth the 12$. Thank you very much for the tips Andy! Keep the great work! Saving lazy people's life haha))

[@drsygfq]

Must say though, your videos got a lot more interesting to follow! Make me watch several times and still laugh!

[@abdullahrukayyah8290]

This is the most interesting video I have ever watched. Your channel is sweet guy. Keep it up❤

[@PelinAyter]

Looking at the bits we should not do. There was also paper exchange groups in Facebook, I'm sure they may exist elsewhere now. If your university/research centre has access to a paper that someone else does not and vice versa, you could request in those places and fulfil requests for others. I used that a lot back in the day. Now that all my old classmates are already academics, I just pester them instead ^_^ as I'm the one who changed academic interest 5 times and thus still doing her first PhD.

[@asstrole]

Stellar video and info. Zotero = Ref Manager & PDF management

[@mamary9800]

Save my life. Thank you, Dr. Andy.

[@nissrine9156]

You're doing an amzing job helping us, Thank you so so much

[@olgacanterbury7341]

Thank you 🙏 what a useful video - very simple and informative 👍👍👍

[@EmranMohammed-n5c]

An entertaining explanation! Thanks a lot.

[@syedhassanjamil5867]

🤭4:38 You won hearts for enriching Research Community.

[@karenandy2943]

Thanks Andy this is very helpful your video are my source of help being an online student gets very lonely

[@abhishekde8698]

I really liked how he actually asked us to use sci-hub 😅

[@fn6679]

Thanks sooooooooooo much for sharing your experience. And for your advice

[@kdl5157]

Explicit to find papers from a title Litmaps to find references and exploring Conected papers to discover papers

[@nro337]

This is fantastic information, thank you for sharing all of this information for students!

[@pammy_15_]

Dear Andy and readers, I'm delighted to have found this channel, which has been a significant aid in my writing. I'm seeking guidance on how to use Elicit and/or Connected Papers effectively. My confusion lies in whether I need to individually locate and download each paper? Are these platforms designed to help me summarize the content without full access to the papers themselves? I'm feeling overwhelmed by the time it takes to find each document, which hampers my progress. Any advice, tips, or even links to Andy's videos that offer a detailed explanation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[@andreinamartinez7576]

This is amazing! Thanks so much.

[@mosharrof-world]

Thank you sir for wonderful tips sharing ❤

[@knockitdown20]

Great vid Andy.. I've been thinking of using scite instead of elicit. Would love your take on how scite is different from elicit for lit reviews?

[@SiaRaj-p6l]

Thank you Andy such a wonderful and useful content👍

[@anne3077]

My god you're really saving me here!! Thank you so much!

[@jonwhite9069]

A thoroughly marvelous video, well done, very useful.

[@ericgt79]

“This mf don’t miss!” Dr. Stapleton is the GOAT.

[@FREEDOM2604]

it was good. thank you Dr. Andy. i have a suggestion or maybe a request rom you. which is you could also make some longer video and do the whole process with more details and come up with solid samples you make out of this process at the end. just a request.

[@TheaWiesli]

@Andy Stapleton: Many thanks for the helpful video! Would you happen to know good examples of peer-reviewed papers in which AI was used for the literature review and the use of it is well described in the method section? I´m unsure how to correctly handle the use of AI in a paper...

[@johnmcghee3963]

I booked a writing retreat and used this video as a guide for writing my literature review and I was quite disappointed. I already had the paid version of chatgpt, but paid for doc analyser and litmaps to make sure I was getting the most out of this three day writing retreat. Waste of money. My advise would be to stick with the paid version of chatgpt, ask it for help refining your questions to guide your lit review. Once you have your questions, upload two or three documents at a time and ask it to summarise them. Then start asking it the questions it helped you refine. Once you’ve asked it 7 or 8 questions open a new chat and do the same with that chat. However, you need to keep reminding it with every question to provide citation and page number. Also to tell you when it’s using a direct quote or when it’s doing the analysis for you.

[@yume4437]

Thank you. I have the paid verison of chatgptp, and was thinking about buying buying docanalyzer, but you tips about refining ChatGpt use seems it will be helpful. I appreciate it.

[@johnmcghee3963]

@@yume4437yeh I didn’t use litmaps at all and doc analyzer maybe works better in some areas of research than others. I wasted 2 days on doc analyser before realising that no matter what I done, chatgpt was much more efficient for refining my questions and analysing my documents. ChatGPT spat out an awful lot of repetition though - out of more than 21k words I was only able to use about 3000 or so and that was after some really heavy editing.

[@tamarawehbe]

this video is exceptional! thank you!

[@Amgupt5233]

Bro, you saved my life. ❤

[@fandesakurita8568]

u saved me!! i love this!!

[@Lucida1818]

I have an important question Andy. I am a former tertiary educator. All my teaching was face to face, based on human-centred learning. I haven’t used AI to produce any literature reviews as yet. Once you have the literature review from the AI tools. Do you paraphrase it into your own words? Otherwise it feels like plagiarism. I am just trying to understand which bits are ethical and which bits are not? I am writing a research proposal for a Master of Education by Research. My concern is that I will need to explain the methods I took to extract my information. I don’t know enough about it to just dive in and use it. Can someone please explain further? I like it because we have access to a wide range of articles written on the topic and that there are tools available to funnel that information into a review☺️ Thank you🙏

[@normalday2136]

Thank you for the very useful information!

[@Zero-eb4oq]

you are saving my life!!!!!

[@NORLINAMALI]

Tq Dr for your info. Really save my day

[@anuraagpandey8316]

this is really good content, thank you !

[@anthonyarthurmensah5240]

Warning about scihub well taken into consideration. Haha. Thanks for the awesome videos

[@zakirhossain4544]

Thank you very much, Andy !

[@DrAndyStapleton]

You are welcome!

[@AllenZHU-fx5pj]

Hi Andy, when I tried to use Litmaps to build a Seed Map, I found that Litmaps 2024 doesn't support Seed function any more. Do you have any suggesstions? Thank you so much~

[@johndigital-w9o]

I write using Claude AI and to make it undetected, I humanized them using Undetectable Ai

[@OnALion]

Hey Andy! I'm a researcher coming back to the game after a few years off with babies. Been watching all your videos to catch up on how to answer big question using new tech. The only thing that I am not able to find yet is help with qualitative interviews. What are you suggesting people use for that?

[@IrakliKavtaradzepsyche]

Haha scihub reference was funny. I have been NOT promoting it all my life as well 😏

[@abhishekde8698]

Can you someday make a video for how to find a good post doc after PhD ?

[@mossreimer7498]

You are brilliant. Thank you.

[@YTThatOneGuy]

You should use Zotero!

[@satyamshah_]

which ones are subscription based apps ? It would be nice if you could also mention which ones are free and paid ones clearly

[@vugar_ibrahimov]

checking that is a work of a couple of minutes

[@satyamshah_]

@@vugar_ibrahimov every sites requires you to give out sign up data to use their services . It takes couple of clicks to give out data to unnecessary sites . that’s why i asked for him to mention clearly about the free sites amongst them all which takes 2 seconds too . At this point this youtube account only seems to post or market about sites to gain views but not to help.

[@esrat2508]

Thank you for the video. What is the difference between petal and docanalyser? Do you prefer docanalyser over petal?

[@himanshuaggarwal9080]

Hey Andy Great video. Do you use endnote? Which one do you prefer- Mendley or Endnote?

[@rhea19]

You should try the Undetectable AI Human Auto Typer for smth manually typing your copy paste context

[@Bulsondanotes]

Ok, I will stop using sci-hub now because it is really bad for academia . Love it😁

[@mohammedal-nehari1135]

Thank you very much. That is nice and helpful. Kindly, put the links to these apps, please. It will be easier to find the exact one when we try to google them.