A 4-step approach to getting on top of your research reading
“I’ll read that later,” I told myself as I added yet another paper to my 100+ open browser tabs.I was in the first year of my PhD programme, having just joined my thesis laboratory. It was an important period of transition: I was working out what project I would focus on for the next five years, and knew that success would require a strong intellectual foundation. I spent long hours poring over papers, determined to master the literature in my research area.
In the two-plus years since, I’ve iterated through many versions of my workflow, and after lots of trial and error, I’ve finally found a literature-management system that works for me. Here’s what I do.I used to find new papers by aimlessly scrolling through science Twitter. But because I often got distracted by irrelevant tweets, that wasn’t very efficient. I also signed up for journal e-mail alerts, but these quickly overwhelmed my inbox, and I soon started to ignore them.
When I find a paper that I want to read, I immediately add it to my reference manager. Then I can close the browser tab knowing that it’s safely stored so I can find it again later.This is the tricky part — you have to actually read the papers. The key is to set up a streamlined routine. Here are some suggestions:For example, I set aside a couple of hours on Friday mornings to read any papers I come across during the week.For example, I first skim the paper quickly.
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