A survey paper comprises an author's interpretation and conclusions drawn from analyzing several already published research papers on a specific topic. The goals of a survey paper are to provide a well-organized and comprehensive view of existing work, cover all relevant material completely, and have a logical organizational structure. To write a survey paper, authors collect relevant papers, read them and take notes, then structure the paper following an Introduction, Methodologies, Discussion format and summarize 5-8 papers on a particular topic, including their own commentary on the significance of each paper's approach and solutions. Authors should search digital libraries and research groups to find papers on their topic and favor more recent papers from well-known sources.

1. Survey Paper [A.K.A.
Review Paper]
Let’s Get Started…
by --
Aasheesh Tandon
Institute of Technology, Nirma

2.  What is a Survey Paper??
 Survey paper comprises the interpretation, the author draws out after reviewing and
analyzing several research papers(which are already published) on a specific topic.
 This means that you should have a point to make or some new conclusion to
draw.
 And you'll do so by collecting data from a broad collection of previous works.

3.  Goals of a Survey
 Provide reader with a view of existing work that is well organized and
comprehensive
 Not all details must be included
 Make sure to cover all relevant material completely
 Logical structure of organization

4. What is the Approach ?
 Collect as many papers as you can.
 Read them and note down their features and limitations your own words and
sentences.
 Follow IMD format (Introduction, Methodologies, Discussion).

5. Your survey
paper should...
Summarize the research in
5-8 papers on a
particular topic
Include your own
commentary on the
significance of the
approach and the solutions
presented in each paper
Include a discussion on
future research directions

6.  How To Find Articles ?
 Search various digital libraries
 ACM
 IEEE
 Google Scholar
 Try to identify research groups/faculty in the area
 Dig into their work and pointers

7. General Approach - How To Pick Articles?
 Pick a paper that you can easier understand – book chapters often give easier
understandable materials and lengthy explanation that may give you a head start,
although they may not be as up-to-date as papers.
 Pick papers that are related to each other in some ways and/or that are in the
same field so that you can write a meaningful survey out of them.
 Favour papers from well-known journals and conferences.
 Favour more recent papers.

8.  Article Structure
A typical structure of a paper includes:
• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Body of paper
• Conclusion/Future Work
• References

9.  Figures
 Can be taken from papers as long as appropriate credit is given. For e.g.
“Figure taken from [28]”.
 Draw your own figures to show classification or structure of the survey
 Use tables to organize comparisons between applications/systems/etc.

10.  How to Cite a Reference ?
Cite the full info about the paper
 Author names
 Paper title
 Publication details
 Page numbers
 Year, etc
[1] Adomavicius G, Tuzhilin A., “Toward the Next Generation of
Recommender Systems: A Survey of the State-of-the-Art and Possible
Extensions”, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,
Vol. 17, No. 6. (June 2005), pp. 734-749.
In the text, use "[1]" to refer

11. Good Luck !!!