Art of Reading Scientific Research Papers

Building a habit of reading research papers and everything you need to get started!

Harshit Tyagi
10 min readMar 11, 2021
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If you’re associated with a domain of science(especially computer science, stats, Machine Learning/AI), building a deep and unbiased understanding of that domain not only educates you in the best possible way but also helps you envision the opportunities in that domain.

A research paper is a source of study that culminates a wide range of deep and authentic practices about a topic. From critical thinking on the problem to the research process to process/source evaluation to organization and constitution, all these genuinely-executed practices make for a good research paper.

If you’re struggling to build a habit of reading papers(like me) on a regular basis, I’ve tried to break down the whole process, talked to researchers in the field, read a bunch of papers and blogs from distinguished researchers, and jotted a bunch of techniques that you can follow.

Let’s start off by understanding what a research paper is and what it is NOT!

Definition of a research paper

A research paper is a highly congested and bland manuscript that compiles a thorough understanding of a problem/topic, a proposed…

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Harshit Tyagi

Director Data Science & ML at Scaler | LinkedIn's Bestselling Instructor | YouTuber