Amobonye Ayodeji, Lalung Japareng, Mheta Gift, Pillai Santhosh
Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Writing Centre, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334 KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2024 Jan 17;2024:7822269. doi: 10.1155/2024/7822269. eCollection 2024.
Review articles present comprehensive overview of relevant literature on specific themes and synthesise the studies related to these themes, with the aim of strengthening the foundation of knowledge and facilitating theory development. The significance of review articles in science is immeasurable as both students and researchers rely on these articles as the starting point for their research. Interestingly, many postgraduate students are expected to write review articles for journal publications as a way of demonstrating their ability to contribute to new knowledge in their respective fields. However, there is no comprehensive instructional framework to guide them on how to analyse and synthesise the literature in their niches into publishable review articles. The dearth of ample guidance or explicit training results in students having to learn all by themselves, usually by trial and error, which often leads to high rejection rates from publishing houses. Therefore, this article seeks to identify these challenges from a beginner's perspective and strives to plug the identified gaps and discrepancies. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to serve as a systematic guide for emerging scientists and to summarise the most important information on how to write and structure a publishable review article.
综述文章全面概述了关于特定主题的相关文献，并对与这些主题相关的研究进行综合，目的是加强知识基础并促进理论发展。综述文章在科学领域的重要性不可估量，因为学生和研究人员都将这些文章作为他们研究的起点。有趣的是，许多研究生被期望撰写综述文章以供期刊发表，以此展示他们在各自领域为新知识做出贡献的能力。然而，目前尚无全面的指导框架来引导他们如何将所在领域的文献进行分析和综合，从而写成可发表的综述文章。由于缺乏充分的指导或明确的培训，学生们不得不全靠自己摸索，通常是通过反复尝试，而这往往导致出版社的高拒稿率。因此，本文旨在从初学者的角度识别这些挑战，并努力填补已发现的空白和差异。所以，本文的目的是为初出茅庐的科学家提供系统指导，并总结关于如何撰写和构建可发表综述文章的最重要信息。
