LibGuides: GEO 7300: Advanced Geographic Research Design: Critiquing Research

Reviewing Research Articles

When you are reviewing research articles, you will want to evaluate all of the sections of the article. The nursing and health professions fields have created very helpful checklists that, while not entirely relevant to the field of Geography, can be applied to reviewing articles in many disciplines.

In addition, you may want to look at guidelines for peer reviewers of scholarly journal articles. Below are guidelines from Wiley, Emerald, and Elsevier.

When reviewing articles, you may be interested in who has cited the article - where the research has led. You can do this through Citation Analysis databases like Scopus. Please see the Citation Analysis tab for more information.

Critiquing Research Articles

Articles/Websites on Critiquing Research:

“Critiquing Qualitative Research.” AORN Journal 90 (January): 543–54. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.12.023.
How to Critique a Research Paper (University of Michigan)
The Critique Process: Reviewing and Critiquing Research.
2016 Fischler College of Education Summer Institute presentation. Nova Southeastern University.
How to Write a Good Scientific Paper: a Reviewer ’ s Checklist A Checklist for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors
Jamie Baxter, and John Eyles. “Evaluating Qualitative Research in Social Geography: Establishing ‘Rigour’ in Interview Analysis.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 22, no. 4 (1997): 505.

Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers
Research Proposal Guidelines
Created by a Psychology professor, this still can be applied to Geography

Peer-Reviewer Guidelines from Journal Publishers:

Standards for Reporting Research:

“Journal Article Reporting Standards for Quantitative Research in Psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board Task Force Report.” American Psychologist 73 (1): 3–25

Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research

COREQ Checklist.- 2007, ‘Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies Checklist’, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 349–357
http://cdn.elsevier.com/promis_misc/ISSM_COREQ_Checklist.pdf
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"The COREQ checklist was developed to promote explicit and comprehensive reporting of qualitative studies (interviews and focus groups). The checklist consists of items specific to reporting qualitative studies and precludes generic criteria that are applicable to all types of research reports."