How Undergraduates Should Write Their First Review Paper: ——An Example from Bibliometric Research

Yile Yu; Yule He; Tiancheng He

doi:10.62177/chst.v2i2.381

Authors

Yile Yu
Yule He
Tiancheng He

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62177/chst.v2i2.381

Keywords:

Undergraduate Research, Higher Education, Bibliometrics, Literature Review

Abstract

Cultivating undergraduate research ability has become an important direction of global higher education reform. However, undergraduates new to academic paper writing generally face problems such as difficulty in selecting a topic to focus on, rustiness in methodology and tools, and weaknesses in academic expression. To address these challenges and difficulties, this study systematically analyzed the research conditions of undergraduates and designed the URCSAS framework for undergraduates to assess their research conditions. Based on undergraduates' research conditions and the characteristics of various types of reviews, the feasibility of publication was innovatively taken into account, and the results of the analysis showed that the bibliometric literature review was the most cost-effective and publishable type of paper for undergraduates. This study then designed a practical path to guide undergraduates in completing their bibliometric literature review papers, including preparation and writing, to provide a reliable path and program to improve undergraduates' research ability and academic enlightenment.

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