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1、Inthisfollow-upcontributiontorecentcorrespondence(‘‘Onthecraftofeffectivelectures”[1]and‘‘Complementarythoughtsonthefutureofinternetscience:candigitallibrariesavoidscien-tifictunnel-visionandleadtoinnovation?”[2])weprovidesugges-tionstohelpindividualsdecid

2、ewhatscientificpaperstoreadandhowtoreadthem.Wedothisinresponsetofrequentquestionsbypeoplewithinterestinsciencewhowanttoknow,andgetsomeadvice,astohowtoeffectivelysurftoday’sinformationtsunami.Thisisparticularlyimportantin,butnotconfinedto,universitiesandoth

3、erresearchinstitutionswherereadingscientificpapersisafundamentaltaskthatformsthebasisforallotheracademicactivitiessuchaswritingpapersorgrantapplications,providingreviewsforajournal,preparingforpostdoctoralpositions,qualify-ingforcollaborationsormakingoralo

4、rposterpresentations.Advice1:BeforeyoustartAskyourselfthefollowingquestions:‘‘WhyamIreadingasci-entificpaper?WhatdoIhopetoachieve?”Theanswershouldbetocheckyourpresentworkandtobestimulatedforandprepareyourworkinthefuture.Youdonothavetimefor‘‘vanityreading”.

5、Advice2:Toreadornottoread...Thetitleofscientificpapersismostimportantsinceitdeter-mineswhetherornotyouwillhaveacloserlook,usuallyattheab-stractorsummaryofapaper(seeAdvice3).Afurtherguidemaybethelistofauthors.WhileyouneedtobeawareofAdvice4,itisof-tenusefult

6、ofollowpublicationsfromcolleaguesinyourfield.Advice3:...DependscriticallyontheabstractAssesstheabstractorsummaryofapaperforitsrelevancetoyourwork,itspotentialscientificvalue,andwhetherornotitpersuadesyou.Theabstractmustdemonstratethattheworkisscientificall

7、ysound.Anabstractmustnotbeabstract,butmustbeexplicitandgroundedinrealfactsandrealobservations.Thereadabilityandaboveall,thescientificqualityoftheabstractorsummarymayguideyoutodecidewhethertoreadtheentirepaperornot.Abstractsthataredifficulttoreadandundersta

8、ndoftensignalthatthewholepaperwillnotbeanybetterandnotworththeeffortofreading.Advice4:JudgewordsratherthanjournalsorauthorsJudgeworkonitsownmeritsandnotonthebasisofwhereitispublishedorbywhom[3].Manyexamplesex