چکیده:
Review articles are considered to act as a solution for the information overload
problem, especially in different scientific fields. The purpose of a good review is
to supply reasoned and developed arguments, which is an indispensable
ingredient in scientific literature. Thus the result should be a rich, condensed,
timely, yet exhaustive source which provides all the necessary information and
costs less Time. This paper aims at clarifying the added values of a good review
article, its typology, and the qualifications it should have. On the other had the
paper articulates some simple steps on should take to develop a plausible review.
خلاصه ماشینی:
ir Abstract Review articles are considered to act as a solution for the information overload problem, especially in different scientific fields.
Through conducting a literature review different sources of information are read, analyzed, synthesized and sifted in order to find the right answer to a certain question.
On the other hand review articles shall help new scientists with complete yet concise information in a field of study.
To conclude, review papers commonly summarize the current knowledge on a selected topic, and they present an overview of a field of science that is broader than can be attempted in the “Introduction” or the “Discussion” of an article about a specific piece of research.
Review article can serve a wide variety of information needs • It acts as a link to other related papers (based on the subject), • It acts as an introduction to a subject area, • Assesses the current state of the art in a related field, • Saves time in evaluating and selecting only important literature, • Helps in improving scientific integrity and rigor in students, • Facilitates searching the literature as an information retrieval tool, • Serves as a surrogate in citing the background literature, • Identifies key workers in a subject field.
The other point that the author of review article should take in to consideration is that since the number of literature being analyzed in a paper is rather high, they should only report the very important pieces of information.