Write a review paper comparing the two articles from journal?

Write a Review Paper in 3-4 pages (critique the two articles)?

You are required to write a review paper on a subject related to any of the topics covered in the

course. The assignment will consist of writing a Critical Publication Review paper, i.e., a paper in

which you critically review (critique) two (2) articles published in scientific or technical journals, as if

the articles had been submitted for publication to you as the editor of a journal. The articles to be

critiqued can be in any appropriate subject related to the course. The two publications under review

should be related to each other.

Contents of Your Review Paper

Although the format is relatively free, the review paper shall include an introduction to the main

subject covered in the articles, a brief summary of the article content (including the experimental

part if any) and especially a critical evaluation of the articles, including a detailed examination of the

procedure (both theoretical and experimental) used by the authors, and a review of the validity of

the results obtained (or claimed).

You are expected to outline the positive and negative aspects of the articles and justify whatever

conclusions you may reach. The paper should contain not only qualitative, but especially

quantitative information concerning the topic examined. In the end I expect that you tell me

whether the articles should be “accepted for publication” or not, and, in either case, why.

As stated before, the review paper is expected to include a very brief summary of the articles:

however, the key element of the review paper is the critique component, NOT the summary of the

articles. In other words, you should ask yourself questions such as: “What are these articles about?

What is their focus? What is their novel contribution? What did I learn from them? Was the material

presented in a clear fashion? Was the technical merit of the articles sufficient to justify their

publication? Were there any errors? Did the authors include the appropriate references?”, “Which

article is better”, and so on. Your critique should address these and similar questions

The review paper should be an original contribution. No previous work, such as someone else’s

paper, will be accepted. Plagiarism and/or cheating will automatically imply a grade of zero on the

paper. Articles on unrelated subjects (for example, validation, drug discovery, etc.) will not be

accepted. Furthermore, no thesis or parts of thesis work will be accepted. Unless impractical, copies

of the two articles should be attached to the paper.

The review paper is expected to be about three to four pages typewritten pages. In any case, the

paper cannot exceed five (5) pages.