Review Paper Writing

For students who are enrolled in Bachelor’s, Master’s, MPhil and PhD programs, it is common knowledge that they have to write down review papers and have them published as well in some kind of a journal.  Alot of students are still struggling with the very basics of writing a review paper.

After studying for four years for their Bachelor’s program, students are given the task of writing a review paper where they have to perform extensive search and furnish an impeccable review paper in front of their teachers.  Same goes for Master’s, M.Phil and PhD in all over World where the student is given a time frame to submit their review paper. 

In detail, each of the sections is explored below for in-depth understanding:

Abstract: This is the first and the foremost part of a review paper, which acts a summary and should be giving a clear-cut description of the overall review paper.

Introduction: This portion of the review paper includes the aims and the objectives and have to be clearly defined as well. The introduction also gives a background on the topic, and how the student arrived on the finalization of the topic.

Conclusion: The conclusion should provide a summary of the overall review paper, where the writer can provide personal opinions on the topic and justifies the particular topic.

Recommendations: The recommendations section is also a very crucial component of the review paper, because the writer has to provide suggestions on what future work should be conducted on the topic of the review paper.

References: The research that has been compiled and made use of in the  paper should be cited in the recommended citation style. This is also essential in a review paper because teachers and supervisors have to verify that the work is legitimate and authentic.

This is the usual set of chapters and sections which are included in a review paper, and the major issue that causes students to face hindrances in starting with their papers is that they are not able to understand the structure in the first place.

HEC Categories

According to the category system set by the Higher Education System, following are the categories through which students determine regarding publication in HEC approved journals

W Category: Journals which have an Impact Factor are included in Journal Citation Report.

X Category: Journals which do not have an Impact Factor but are verified by HEC and meet all the requirements of HEC. They also have papers reviewed by at least a single person belonging to an academically advanced country.

Y Category: Journals which do not have an Impact Factor and meet all of the HEC requirements but do not have any papers reviewed by any person from an academically advanced country.