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Checklist Scientific Articles

This document provides a checklist for evaluating scientific articles. It lists components that should be evaluated such as the abstract, introduction, literature review, theory/method, results and discussion, conclusions, reference use, structure, style, and illustrations/layout. Each component contains criteria for scoring on a scale from poor to excellent. The checklist can be used to systematically evaluate whether an article contains key elements such as clearly stating the research question, reviewing relevant literature, appropriately applying theories and methods, logically linking results to conclusions, and properly citing references.

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Checklist Scientific Articles

This document provides a checklist for evaluating scientific articles. It lists components that should be evaluated such as the abstract, introduction, literature review, theory/method, results and discussion, conclusions, reference use, structure, style, and illustrations/layout. Each component contains criteria for scoring on a scale from poor to excellent. The checklist can be used to systematically evaluate whether an article contains key elements such as clearly stating the research question, reviewing relevant literature, appropriately applying theories and methods, logically linking results to conclusions, and properly citing references.

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Checklist scientific articles

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Component Score Remarks

Elements
Abstract
• can be read as a stand-alone text
• is informative: includes conclusions and recommendations
• key terms are clear to the intended readers
Introduction
• contains background information on the problem
• indicates a motivation for the research / points out the
problem in the present situation or previous research and
argues why this issue should be resolved
• contains a research question or hypothesis to show how this
article contributes to solving the problem
• indicates the structure of the article (unless IMRAD is used)
State-of-the-Art Literature Review

• summarizes main literature on topic


• distils main area of research you will be investigating and why
Theory/Method
• the method used is well argued
• concepts are sufficiently defined and related to practical issues
• theories and models are shown to be connected to the
research question and are applied correctly
Results and discussion
• the validity of the results is discussed and reflected upon,
considering the method, limitations of the study, etc.
• results presented in figures and tables are meaningfully
related to the text
Conclusions
• are clearly linked to the research question in the introduction,
indicating to what extent the research question has been
answered
• follow logically from all the previous material
• are preferably followed by recommendations for further
research
Reference use
Use of sources
• all ideas, fragments, figures and data that have been quoted
from other work have correct references
• literal quotations have quotation marks and page numbers
• paraphrases are not too close to the original
Bibliography
• the references and bibliography meet the requirements
• every reference in the text corresponds to an item in the
bibliography and vice versa
Structure
Paragraphs
• are well-constructed
• are not too long: each paragraph discusses one topic
• start with clear topic sentences
• are divided into a clear paragraph structure
Argumentation
• there is a clear line of argumentation from research question
to conclusions
• scientific literature is reviewed critically
Style
• correct use of English: understandable, no spelling errors,
acceptable grammar, no lexical mistakes
• the style used is objective
• clarity: sentences are not too complicated (not too long),
there is no ambiguity
• attractiveness: sentence length is varied, active voice and
passive voice are mixed
Illustrations and layout
Tables and figures
• all have a number and a caption
• all are referred to at least once in the text
• if copied, they contain a reference
• can be interpreted on their own (e.g. by means of a legend)
Format:
• functional font (type and size)
• headings are easily recognizable
• attractive page lay-out

Overall score: poor – mediocre – satisfactory – good – very good – excellent

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