How To Read A Paper Quickly & Effectively | Easy Research Reading Technique

 
 
★ MY ACADEMIC COURSES
 
★ BUSINESS INQUIRIES + SPEAKING REQUESTS
 
 
★ CONNECT WITH ME
 
★ AFFILIATE LINKS

★ HELLO & WELCOME
I’m Amina, an academic-turned-entrepreneur. I share content that will inspire, educate and help you reach your full potential. I juggle motherhood, academia and productivity & you can find it all here on my channel. I am a PhD holder in Cancer and Cell Biology from University College London and run The Page Doctor, an academic proofreading company. I also founded Wyaves, a social media agency that helps educational content creators turn their passion into profit and propel companies through their social media strategy. With the rise in AI and academia, I have been sharing ways to use AI ethically in the intersection of artificial intelligence and education. Most of all, I'm passionate about helping individuals make space for everything that is important to them & on this channel, I share my productivity hacks that will help you change your life.

[daniellgalang]

Added timestamps + some revisions from @Akhila's comment:
1. Title - pull out your keywords (1:11)
2. Abstract - results + methods (1:33)
3. Intro - first and LAST paragraph of Intro (2:18)
4. Results - scroll through subsection headings of the Results (3:10)
5. Conclusion - quick summary of what this paper found (3:51)
--- At this point you don't need to do anything else UNLESS you want to go more in depth ---
6. Results - key results/figures (4:28)
7. Limitations (5:04)
8. References - pull out useful ones (5:16)

[ALifeofLearning]

Why did university not teach me this?? I always get so overwhelmed when starting to write a paper because of the amount of material I have to read. This will surely help me cut it down 😊

[ramengirl]

This absolutely helped me feel so much less overwhelmed by my research papers. I always end up procrastinating on them JUST because reading empirical articles feels like SUCH A DAUNTING TASK. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[ocayaro]

I do this as a reviewer of over 40 articles, and counting. Many papers are quickly filtered for significance this way. I encourage people to get Mendeley (it’s free) to annotate the papers that they read. It is extremely useful to build content and references when writing your own paper.

[PhDandProductivity]

I’m glad I’m not the only one telling everyone not to read papers in full 🙊

[akhila]

First Pass:
1. Title - key words
2. Abstract - results + methods
3. Intro - first and second paragraph
4. Results - headings
5. Conclusion
6. Results - key results/figures
7. Limitations
8. References - pull out useful ones

[dragonflycn]

Thanks so much for this Amina! I used to think that I was cheating or being lazy by not reading the papers in full, but it really is about efficiency. There's no need to read all the specific details unless they're important to you and your goals. Your videos are always amazing and helpful so thank you very much.

[marciewallace]

I love that you went through an actual article as an example to show what you're talking about. I've heard so many similar tips from a hundred different sources in theory but I struggled with putting them into practice, and it's really helpful to see it applied to a real example. Thank you!

[miriamdaniel]

Found this at the most perfect time! I was knee-deep in confusion about how to go about my literature review (and reading through papers are A LOT!). So grateful for this, your videos are what’s going to help me get through my final year! 😭❤️❤️

[brunocoelho]

Dr Amina Yonis.
Thank you very much for your tips. I started recently my PhD and i got overwhelmed with the ammount of stuff i have to read. Sometimes when i try to read a paper, i get so lazy that i stop reading or i read without paying any attention to it. I got depressed and anxious because of that.
With your method i think i will make through.
I will take two days off and start over.
Thank you again!

[boneyking]

I thought l wasn't good enough. The articles were stressing me out, and l decided to go outside for fresh air, and an idea clicked that l should search for how to read articles . Indeed, you are life saviour. Thank you Doc

[jasonb]

What I struggled is how to take notes from the article and how to integrate and organize those notes and then how to use those notes to write the essay. Can you make a video? Thank you so much

[wandawalker]

This was a very helpful and relevant video. I am just starting my doctoral studies and have been researching how to read the articles effectively and efficiently. This is my 3rd video and it aligns largely with the others. There are a few slight differences in order, but I get it and think this will help me a lot. Thanks to those who did time stamps as well.

[mamefosua]

You just saved my life with this. I am always overwhelmed with the enormity of journal articles we are asked to read.

[SalaheddineNaous]

I usually use this technique and read everything IF the paper is no more than 20 pages. It actually always depends on how much details you need from the topic or theory you are trying to study.

[amikahs]

This came in the perfect time for me. 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[jesshu]

What's interesting about this video is that not only does it tell you how to read through a paper, but also gives some background on how to write one. (Which I will surely use for my assignment that I'm procrastinating on, but I'm procrastinating "productively", or so I tell myself)

[njemilenantan]

I am so glad I found your channel. As a very mature student I am so grateful for your tips. They are amazing and let me know I have been studying incorrectly but I have got it now. Again thank you.

[Eternal-Student]

Can’t thank you enough Amina. I’ve just started a Masters online and we’ve been asked to do this, but we were not given any help or support in how to read the articles. Thank you ❤

[JayneStreet]

This was so so helpful thank you! I am a Lawyer who has just started a post-grad Masters in Psychology and Neuroscience and I have been flundring a little. I will be working through some of your other tutorials now!!