Saturday, May 19, 2007

How to prepare a critique of a paper?

 
 You should consider the following points in preparing your critique:
  • What is the main contribution of the paper?
  • Is the abstract appropriate and adequate digest of the paper?
  • Does the introduction clearly state the background?
  • Is the paper's coverage of the chosen topic comprehensive?
  • Is the performance of the proposed system/algorithm rigorously characterized?
  • Does the paper provide enough information to replicate their experiments?
  • Is software made available to the community?
  • Is the list of references adequate?
  • Are the relative lengths of sections appropriate for the material covered in each section?
  • Are there too-many/too-few figures? Are all figures appropriately captioned?
  • How readable is the paper (regardless of technical content)?

1 comment:

awhan said...

those are some valuable points to keep in mind while reviewing research papers. thanks.