Peer-Reviewed Paper Review (Primary literature only)
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
1. Choose a scientific journal primary literature biotechnology/biology paper from 2016-2021.
2. Complete a 2-3 page/paragraphs, 1 page written summary of the following aspects and other two paragraphs for paper summary.
·Who are the authors and what institutions were involved?
·Why did you select this paper?
·How did you determine that it was primary literature?
·Paper organization: is the paper organized in a logical manner?
·Introduction: was the background information enough to understand the paper? Was it too much or too little?
·Hypothesis: was it clearly stated? What do you think the hypothesis and the main goals of the paper are?
·Methodology/Experimental: were the experiments properly designed to test the hypothesis?
·Tables & figures: format & organization: are they clear? Do they properly summarize the result?
·Discussion and Conclusions: Are conclusions supported by results?
4. If you were the editor, would you accept this paper? Why?
2. Complete a 2-3 page/paragraphs, 1 page written summary of the following aspects and other two paragraphs for paper summary.
·Who are the authors and what institutions were involved?
·Why did you select this paper?
·How did you determine that it was primary literature?
·Paper organization: is the paper organized in a logical manner?
·Introduction: was the background information enough to understand the paper? Was it too much or too little?
·Hypothesis: was it clearly stated? What do you think the hypothesis and the main goals of the paper are?
·Methodology/Experimental: were the experiments properly designed to test the hypothesis?
·Tables & figures: format & organization: are they clear? Do they properly summarize the result?
·Discussion and Conclusions: Are conclusions supported by results?
4. If you were the editor, would you accept this paper? Why?