This three-part article discusses how to perform a focused literature review to select a research topic, a first step in a graduate program. The first part discusses why we do this exercise.

The second part of the series discusses the Seven Key Questions we use to evaluate prior research papers.

The final part in the series discusses performing a deep dive on your down-selected reference articles.

This two-part article provides background on the topic of academic publishing in graduate school. The first article discusses why we do it and what the benefits are.

A continuation of the reasons and benefits and final remarks.

This article gives a summary of what to look for when performing a peer-review for a paper. It discusses five key aspects we use to evaluate a manuscript.