How to Effectively Read Research Papers

In this video, we break down the process of reading and understanding scientific papers with techniques and frameworks that make understanding the paper much easier.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:35 Decide why you’re reading
02:25 Ask these four questions
03:37 Don't read papers like a book
07:20 Use a three pass approach
10:22 Be critical
11:31 Discuss & summarise it
12:27 Reflect on its significance
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[@sohamchatterjee750]

Another reason you should read a paper backwards because you can then get to match with the author's thinking flow as they first had the intuition then gradually proved all the helping lemmas to get the main result

[@gameplay165]

I am a 2nd year physics major from India. I love your way of explaining different things.❤❤ Nice video I have also so much interest in reading physics related theory and research paper.

[@LewisMCooper]

Thanks for the support!

[@KitagumaIgen]

Nice video. One step to take after reading the introduction is to read the first sentence of each paragraph - that should give you the overview, since each section should be written with sentences in falling order of importance

[@LewisMCooper]

This is a really good point!

[@kashii_3710]

It's our thesis season and this video helped us (my groupmate and I) a lot! Very informative as well! 😁 + additionally, two videos in a week?! wow!

[@LewisMCooper]

Glad it was helpful! Yes, and even more videos to come too :)

[@kshitijk14]

The advice and the level of knowledge I gained, is just phenomenol.

[@LewisMCooper]

I'm glad you found it useful!

[@toribode6405]

Very useful video! I am new to reading research papers and found these tips very clear and easy to take on board 😄 looking forward to more advice from your channel!

[@LewisMCooper]

Glad you found it useful! Thanks for the support

[@BareStrength]

While I think this method is fine if you are new-ish to a fieldll, I myself like to start with the methodology, so I can judge its quality without knowing if the results fit my bias beforehand. I think a lot of us need to become more critical when looking at research, as there's a lot of flawed methodology out there. It's important to note that I am viewing this through the lens of medical sciences, I don't know if it is as big of a deal with Physics.

[@CuriousCyclist]

Good video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Much appreciated.

[@LewisMCooper]

No problem!

[@KsKK3]

Thank you for this nice useful video❤

[@LewisMCooper]

Glad it was helpful!