It is crucial to stay on top of the scientific literature in your field of interest. This will help you shape and guide your experimental plans and keep you informed about what your competitors are working on.
To get the most out of your literature reading time, you need to learn how to read scientific papers efficiently. The problem is that we simply don’t have enough time to read new scientific papers in our results-driven world.
It takes a great deal of time for researchers to learn how to read research papers. Unfortunately, this skill is rarely taught.
I wasted a lot of time reading unnecessary papers in the past since I didn’t have an appropriate workflow to follow. In particular, I needed a way to determine if a paper would interest me before I read it from start to finish.
So, what’s the solution?
This is where I came across the Three-pass method for reading research papers.
Here’s what I’ve learned from using the three pass methods and what tweaks I’ve made to my workflow to make it more personalized.
