1. Dr. Manjunath Kotari
Professor & Head - CSE
Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Moodbidri
Review Paper Template
& Literature Survey
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2. Contents
• 1. Information About Review
• 2. Sources for Review Paper
• 3. How to start Review Paper
• 4. Format of Review Paper
• 5. Case Study of Literature Survey
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3. What is a review paper ???
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4. “succinct review of a specific topic
that provide sufficient and in-depth
interpretation and synthesis of
published work.”
A review paper is a..
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5. Resolve definitional ambiguities and outline the
scope of the topic.
Provide an integrated, synthesized overview of
the current state of knowledge.
Identify inconsistencies in prior results and
potential explanations (e.g., measures and
approaches).
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Review paper
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6. Evaluate existing methodological approaches and
unique insights.
Develop conceptual frameworks to reconcile and
extend past research.
Describe research insights, existing gaps, and
future research directions.
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Review paper
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8. Importance of Review Papers
• Teaching institute to Research institute
• Career advancement / Promotion
• Assessing quality of person
• Recognition
• Competition
• Publish or Perish
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12. 1. Domain selection
2. Selection of topic
3. Download papers and materials
4. Literature survey
5. Write in your own words about
10 to 15 lines for each paper
Answer:
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14. Answer:
1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Related Work/Literature Survey
4. Outcome of Review
5. Conclusion
6. References
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15. How to write ABSTRACT
Covers the following academic elements
Background
Purpose and Focus
Methods
Results
Conclusions
The essence of the whole paper
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17. How to write Introduction
Introduces the paper and foregrounds issues for discussion.
Background
Purpose
Proposition
Outline of the key issues
Scope
Motivation
Introduction covers
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18. Objectives
•Important and pivotal section.
•Should be stated very clearly
•Specific, Achievable and Measurable.
•Too many objectives to be avoided
•Presented in the appropriate order of
importance
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19. Methodology
• Way to systematically solve the research problem.
• It may be understood as a science of studying
how research is done scientifically
• It is essential to discuss procedures clearly and
completely with considerable amount of details
• Study design
• Study population / Sampling specifications
• Sample size needed
• Instrumentation
• Specific procedures
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20. Literature Survey
A description of the publication
A summary of the publication's main points
A discussion of gaps in research
An evaluation of the publication's
contribution to the topic
The basic components of a literature review include:
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21. Common Steps of Review papers
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23. Conclusion
• Provides closure for the reader while reminding the
reader of the contents and importance of the paper.
• Accomplishes this by stepping back from the specifics
in order to view the bigger picture of the document.
• A conclusion does not introduce new ideas; instead, it
should clarify the intent and importance of the paper.
• Suggest a possible future research on the topic.
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24. References
• Grosan, C., Abraham, A. (2007). Hybrid evolutionary algorithms:
Methodologies, architectures, and reviews. Studies in Computational
Intelligence, 75: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73297-6_1
• Neal Bastek.. (1994 - 2012). Review Essays for the Biological sciences.
• Writing@CSU. Colorado State University. Available at
https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=79.
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