Executive summary: This reflective, how-to post shares a detailed personal workflow for creating a “living literature review”—an ongoing, idea-generating research and writing process—emphasizing the importance of reading widely, organizing well, and publishing iteratively across platforms like Substack and GitHub Pages.
Key points:
Finding relevant literature is the hardest but most crucial step, especially in interdisciplinary fields; strategies include using Google Scholar alerts, OpenAlex queries, ResearchGate algorithms, and newsletters from research organizations.
Effective keyword selection is essential; authors should aim for “Goldilocks” terms—not too broad or too niche—to optimize alerts and searches.
A robust reading and note-taking workflow helps manage information: tools like Zotero, E-Ink tablets (e.g. Boox), and Logseq streamline organizing, annotating, and connecting paper insights.
Idea generation strongly correlates with reading volume; the author credits most of their original research ideas to significantly increasing their paper consumption after completing a PhD.
Writing and publishing posts is simplified by prior note organization; most posts are drafted from pre-processed notes and polished with feedback from original authors.
Publishing infrastructure combines durability and reach: GitHub Pages serves as a permanent archive while Substack boosts discoverability and engagement; promotion happens through newsletters and social media.
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Executive summary: This reflective, how-to post shares a detailed personal workflow for creating a “living literature review”—an ongoing, idea-generating research and writing process—emphasizing the importance of reading widely, organizing well, and publishing iteratively across platforms like Substack and GitHub Pages.
Key points:
Finding relevant literature is the hardest but most crucial step, especially in interdisciplinary fields; strategies include using Google Scholar alerts, OpenAlex queries, ResearchGate algorithms, and newsletters from research organizations.
Effective keyword selection is essential; authors should aim for “Goldilocks” terms—not too broad or too niche—to optimize alerts and searches.
A robust reading and note-taking workflow helps manage information: tools like Zotero, E-Ink tablets (e.g. Boox), and Logseq streamline organizing, annotating, and connecting paper insights.
Idea generation strongly correlates with reading volume; the author credits most of their original research ideas to significantly increasing their paper consumption after completing a PhD.
Writing and publishing posts is simplified by prior note organization; most posts are drafted from pre-processed notes and polished with feedback from original authors.
Publishing infrastructure combines durability and reach: GitHub Pages serves as a permanent archive while Substack boosts discoverability and engagement; promotion happens through newsletters and social media.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.