Guidelines for Summarizing a Literature Study

For adding a new page summarizing the results of a published paper, please try to following these guidelines:

  • describe outcomes of a paper using a standardized format by usinig the template below
  • assess and describe the outcomes as objective and unbiased as possible

The original authors are highly-welcome to add their own comments or discuss. The goal is achieving a consensus within the scientific community.

Template code

For creating a new page for "Literature Results", paste the following code into the editor and remove the whitespace in "__ NUMBEREDHEADINGS__":

__ NUMBEREDHEADINGS__
=== Citation ===
Authors, title, year, journal, volume, pages etc in any possible citation style.

[https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074335 Permanent link to the paper]


=== Summary ===
Briefly describe the scope of the paper, i.e. the field of research and/or application.

=== Study outcomes ===
List the paper results concerning method comparison and benchmarking:
==== Outcome O1 ====
The performance of ...

Outcome O1 is presented as Figure X in the original publication. 

==== Outcome O2 ====
...

Outcome O2 is presented as Figure X in the original publication. 
 
==== Outcome On ====
...

Outcome On is presented as Figure X in the original publication. 

==== Further outcomes ====
If intended, you can add further outcomes here.


=== Study design and evidence level ===
==== General aspects ====
You can describe general design aspects here.
The study designs for describing specific outcomes are listed in the following subsections:

==== Design for Outcome O1 ====
* The outcome was generated for ...
* Configuration parameters were chosen ...
* ...
==== Design for Outcome O2 ====
* The outcome was generated for ...
* Configuration parameters were chosen ...
* ...

... 

==== Design for Outcome O ====
* The outcome was generated for ...
* Configuration parameters were chosen ...
* ...

=== Further comments and aspects ===

=== References ===
The list of cited or related literature is placed here.