Dear Dr. Karen! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with students like me from all over the world. Each and every video of yours has great content and guidance. The videos are short, precise and very scientific in approach. Your teaching style is brilliant and very humble. The text on video is also very helpful for those students for whom Enhlish is not their first language. I appreciate your kind support. Sincerely, Devendra Singh, Health Psychologist (India).
Thanks madam for your detailed explanation of the review paper writing process. Can you recommend any books on writing review, research articles, research proposal, thesis etc.
Here are three that I've read: Professors as Writers by Robert Boice The Craft of Scientific Writing by Michael Alley The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science by Scott Montgomery
I recently graduated with a Master of Science in Biochemistry and am considering a PhD in the same. In preparation for my PhD applications, I wanted to write (or participate in the writing of) a few review articles relating to my MSc dissertation topic. Do review articles receive consideration in academic assessment, for example for consideration into a PhD programme?
In general, any peer-reviewed publication should contribute to your standing as a potential candidate for a Ph.D. program. I would think that a review article would be especially helpful in showing how well you know your field and hence, your success as a Ph.D. student. That said, a review article is a lot of work and requires in-depth knowledge of a topic. If you can, work with someone well-versed (i.e., published) in your topic. it is also important to show that you can write an article reporting your research-from your master's thesis, for example, or some other research project you participated in. It might be an idea to talk to some of your professors in the department you graduated from and see what types of experience/skills they look for in a Ph.D. student.
@@ScientificWritingwithKarenLMcK This was absolutely helpful. I had some experience with publishing when we published our undergraduate work, but that was some years back. I wanted to get a few more publications, on top of the lab skills, to up my chances. Your answer has been an eye opener. When I graduated, I asked to join the team of one professor in my field for mentorship. And I think he and his research team must be the team to work with on this idea. I will present to him.
Dear Karen, you mentioned that a good review uses a logical structure, may I ask you what kind of structures are logical? Could you give us some examples?
All research papers should be structured in a sequence that leads the reader to a logical conclusion about a topic. That is, information is ordered in a way that will be clear and understandable to the reader. Topics might also be reviewed in order of importance or chronologically, if a historical review. The exact structure depends on the type of review paper and the topic. I gave several examples in the video of how to structure a review in a coherent way.
You have an interest in reviewing a particular topic. Later on, you realize that the topic has already been reviewed. How do you proceed in such a situation?
As I said in my video, do some research first to see if your topic has been reviewed recently. If so, you might focus on an aspect of the topic not thoroughly examined in detail.
Thank you Karen for this amazing video. I'm already in. My question is how to choose a narrow subject when you find a similair work already published ?
