Documentation matrix for scientific papers

Question

Interested to know about any systematic and preferably standardized framework for analyzing research paper in consistent matrix form which would allow us to compare the same parameters over multiple papers (similar to survey). This can help in documenting our reading and better understand the bigger picture in a field.

e.g: Features of a typical paper:

Problem type Solution approach Pros Cons ..

I understand that the features would differ considerably among different domains and would be nicer to know the feature sets for each domain.

Some Required domains:

• Computer Science
• Education Technology

Answer 1

A few suggestions:

• Look into methods of conducting a systematic review and its relevant books. You should be able to find some reference matrix used for data abstraction.

• Play with some common bibliography software and look at what kind of metadata are usually abstracted.

• Reverse engineer from your "survey" and determine what kind of data you'd need. Use that to drive your matrix design.