{"id":402,"date":"2020-07-08T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/?page_id=402"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:12:49","slug":"review-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/review-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Review Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; min_height=&#8221;63px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.8&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||10px|false|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;5px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Review Article<\/b><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an ever-growing amount of original articles in most scientific journals and, for that matter, in any topic of scientific research. It is difficult for any individual to read through all of those published articles to make sense of the current state-of-the-art research and synthesize new ideas for further research. Review articles can help distill and summarize information from numerous original articles under common themes. Typically, review articles are critical evaluations of published research articles on a particular scientific topic or field. By critically evaluating the already published articles, the review articles can be a great source to understand the research topic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quickly and comprehensively<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and synthesize new research ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various types of review articles exist, which are either narrative, topical, or systematic reviews, or meta-analyses. The type of review article can depend on the research topic, journal requirements, or research question that one is aimed to address. In general, the following are the main contributions of a review article:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide an overview of the research topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address the ambiguities (definitional, theoretical, computational, or methodological) in published literature on a particular topic or research question<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synthesize new research ideas or viewing the research in a different angle that can have potential implications for further research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide directions for future research by highlighting the gaps in the existing research<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following resources are provided for further understanding of the content and structure a good review article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Articles<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant, M.J. and Booth, A. (2009), A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. <em>Health Information &amp; Libraries Journal,<\/em> 26, pp. 91-108. <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2647067\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Green, B.N., Johnson, C.D., and Adams, A. (2006). Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade. <em>Journal of Chiropractic Medicine<\/em>, 5, 3, pp. 101-117.<\/span><\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4548566\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">G\u00fclp\u0131nar, \u00d6. and G\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc, A. (2013). How to write a review article. <em>Turkish Journal of Urology,<\/em> 39 (Supplement 1), pp. 44-48.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s11747-017-0563-4.pdf&amp;gt;\">Palmatier, R., Houston, M., and Hulland, J. (2018). Review articles: purpose, process, and structure. <em>Journal of the Academy Marketing Science<\/em>, 46, pp. 1-5.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/crosstalk.cell.com\/blog\/how-to-get-started-writing-a-review-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavlovich, M. (2019). How to get started writing a review article. Cross Talk.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/webofsciencegroup\/article\/literature-review-definitive-guide\/\">Wilkinson, J. (2020). The literature review: Your definitive guide (2020). Clarivate Web of Science.<\/a><br \/><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"article-item__title\" itemprop=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-020-03422-x\">Andy Tay, 2020. How to write a superb literature review. Nature Career Feature.\u00a0<\/a><span>DOI:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/d41586-020-03422-x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/d41586-020-03422-x<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span><i>Videos<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4XY0G2IJWAg&amp;gt;\">Bond, J. (2018). What is a review article?\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=165&amp;amp;v=80bUjCUo5Es&amp;amp;feature=emb_logo&amp;gt;\"><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zik_w9VDjDo&amp;gt;\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span><i><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span><i>Websites<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.griffith.edu.au\/c.php?g=451351&amp;p=3333115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Griffith University (n.d.). <em>Different types of literature review.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com\/writing-a-review-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Taylor &amp; Francis, Author Services (n.d.). <em>Writing a review article<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.guides.umd.edu\/SR\/steps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>University of Maryland (2020). <em>Steps of a systematic review.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca\/c.php?g=695509&amp;p=4933476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>University of Waterloo (2020). <em>Types of review articles (Literature, Scoping, and Systematic).<\/em><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/websites.uwlax.edu\/biology\/ReviewPapers.html&amp;gt;%C2%A0\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Writing Resources \/ Preparing Scholarly Work \/ Review Article Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing\u00a0\u00a0 Figures and Tables\u00a0\u00a0 Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques Plagiarism\u00a0\u00a0 Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article Original (Research) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-402","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402\/revisions\/2012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}