Summarize a paper in 140 characters or less
Create your own mini-review to help you organize your library and remember what was special about the paper you read. By default, your review will be visible to everyone, but you can also choose to mark it as private.
Examples
What you define as special about a paper is completely up to you.
For example, you can give your opinion or analysis on the paper:
This is an interesting paleoclimatology paper, the stratigraphy is weak, but the isotope data is good!
You can highlight certain aspects of the paper:
Table 2 nicely sums up the pros and cons of the techniques used.
Or you can summarize the facts reported:
This is the first paper that describes the use of GFP in cultured cells.
Capture your feelings or reaction to the paper:
My first paper as a last author!
Or link it to another paper in your library:
This paper is very similar to the one published by Li et al. in Nature last year.
Tip: The key is to let the review make a paper more memorable. It will make it easier to find later on, and it will be easier to remember the key facts and conclusions.
Sharing your thoughts
Although you write reviews mainly for your own benefit, their purpose goes beyond your library alone; by writing your mini-review you contribute your thoughts to the shared public opinion of the paper, and help others decide whether the paper is worth reading or not.
Likewise you can benefit from reviews others have written and see what they think about a paper by going to the reviews tab in the inspector.
Important: Remember that your review will be visible to the community by default. If you don't want anyone to see your review you can mark the review as private.
Write your first review
Click the continue button to write your first review, or click the purple help button for more information.