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What is a Review

A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show, or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit. More loosely, an author may review current events, trends, or items in the news. A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review.

A) Good to know about review articles B) Elements of a review article C) Guidelines for preparing a review article in 18 steps D) References used in this Guideline

A) Good to know about review articles

1.What is a review article? • A critical, constructive analysis of the literature in a specific field through summary, classification, analysis, comparison. • A scientific text relying on previously published literature or data. New data from the author’s experiments are not presented (with exceptions: some reviews contain new data). • A stand-alone publication. Literature reviews as integral parts of master theses, doctoral theses or grant proposals will not be considered here.

 However, many tips in this guideline are transferable to these text types.

2.What is the function of a review article? • to organize literature • to evaluate literature • to identify patterns and trends in the literature • to synthesize literature • to identify research gaps and recommend new research areas

3.Who is the audience of review articles? • experts in specific research areas • students or novice researchers • decision-makers

B) Elements of a review article

1.Language A review can be written in any Language but in simple words that should be easy to understand.

b.Title Function Helping readers to decide whether they should read the text or not.

3.Elements The title must be informative: • The title has to include important terms. • It has to indicate that the text is a review article. • It may include the message of the article, not just its coverage

The title must be short: • Keep the title concise. • A longer subtitle may be an option in case a specification is necessary.

4.Tense In a title with results indicated: the present tense stresses the general validity of the results and illustrates what the author is trying to achieve with the article; the past tense indicates that results are not established knowledge yet.

5. Voice A review should always be written in an active voice (easy for the readers to understand).

6. Style Guidelines There should not be any Style Guidelines for writing a review.