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PLoS Comput Biol. 2013 Jul; 9(7): e1003149. Published online 2013 Jul 18. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003149 PMCID: PMC3715443 PMID: 23874189 How to write a superb literature reviewNature speaks to old hands and first timers about the work they did to make their reviews sing.
You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF Credit: Getty Literature reviews are important resources for scientists. They provide historical context for a field while offering opinions on its future trajectory. Creating them can provide inspiration for one’s own research, as well as some practice in writing. But few scientists are trained in how to write a review — or in what constitutes an excellent one. Even picking the appropriate software to use can be an involved decision (see ‘Tools and techniques’). So Nature asked editors and working scientists with well-cited reviews for their tips. |