Mastering this skill can help you excel at research, peer review – and writing your own papers
Research papers follow the well-known IMRD format — an abstract followed by the Introduction,Methods, Results and Discussion. They have multiple cross references and tables as well as supplementary material, such as data sets, lab protocols and gene sequences. All those characteristics can make them dense and complex. Being able to effectively understanding them is a matter of practice.
Reading a scientific paper should not be done in a linear way (from beginning to end); instead, it should be done strategically and with a critical mindset, questioning your understanding and the findings. Sometimes you will have to go backwards and forwards, take notes and have multiples tabs opened in your browser.
Here are some tips for reading and understanding research papers.
总结自己阅读文献的方法：
1、必须仔细阅读文献的题目及摘要，确定是否是与自己研究主题一致的文献，如果不一致，果断抛弃，如果一致那就继续
2、其次看结果部分，问自己几个问题：这篇文章证明了什么，讨论部分，这篇文章的不足什么
3、看图表，图表简单容易读
4、最后看方法，看实验者是如何进行的
note：
1、现读现卖，笔记记录是必要的
2、请用英文表述，不论自己写的对或是错，不迈出第一步永远别想着进步
原文地址：
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/infographic-how-to-read-a-scientific-paper
