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Publications that report latest research findings are collectively referred to as literature in academia.

Academic literature or simply literature refers to the publications that carry reports of latest research findings in empirical or theoretical disciplines. More details here : Scientific literature

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How useful is it to perform a systematic literature review?

How well accepted has been (systematic) literature reviews in your research field, these days?! I come from computer science field, more specifically Software Engineering. Some professors I keep in touch usually ask their students to perform a…
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Should we trust a journal article that does not cite any previous work?

My area of interest is not so well-researched in the US, but it attracts more interest in some developing countries where the topic is more relevant, but also where academic standards tend to be different, and I must proceed with much more…
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Top authors in a field

I'd like to write down a list of the top authors in my field in order to keep up to date with literature. Can anybody suggest any systematic approach to build such a list?
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