Review Articles
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Differences be tween a re vi ew
article and a research article
3. Classification of review articles
4. Components of review articles
1. Introduction
• It analyzes and discusses researches previously
published by others, rather than reporting
new experimental results.
• It generalizes the current situation, the
development, and future development tendencies.
• It reflects the new development, new trend, new
discoveries and new technologies in the relevant
areas.
2. Differences between a research article and a
review article
A review article: A research article:
A secondary research A primary research
Focusing on more Focusing on one study
studies
Summarizing previous Reporting the results of
studies and drawing the study
implications for future
studies
3. Classification of review articles
A. Based on purposes and contents
•introductory review
•developmental review
•result review
•contentious review
Introductory reviews
Introductory reviews just provide the
illustrated facts, statistics and views in the
original articles without any comments.
Developmental reviews
Developmental reviews discuss the
developments in a certain area or around a
certain topic, focusing on its historical
development.
Result reviews
Result reviews classify the relevant
literature, abstracting certain contents from
the
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