Article Review Guidelines

Dear students,
You may use presented here under (from 1-3) as a general outline for your article review.
Making your review more evaluative using the formal article review criteria summarized in the
table below (item 1- 9) is a plus and off course more rewarding.
1. Introduction about the contents of article
2. You need to also briefly summarize the article in terms of:
 What are the study objectives
 The theoretical perspectives employed to explain the issues (What are the theories
used?)
 what are the hypotheses (or research questions),
 what is the empirical strategy,
 what is the data source,
 What are the conclusions and
 What are the limitations you have observed in the study
3. Reflections on the practicality of argument and policy implications under the context of
Ethiopia

Article Review Cover Page

I Article Review headline  Title of the article

 Author (s)
 Publisher
 Place of Publication
 Date of Publication
 Number of pages

Ii Name of Article Reviewer Reviewed By:

  Reviewer’s name
 Your ID Card
 Section
 Date and year of review
Set of Criteria’s To Be Used To Review The Selected Research Article

1. Research Title And Reporting Items For Discussion /Checklist

Format
 Appropriateness of the Research topic with
respect to the content of the article

 The research report is written and organized

based on accepted format
2. Quality of Abstract Items For Discussion/Checklist

 A brief theme sentence to orient the reader

about the overall issues used,
 Clarity of objective
 Research methodology used,
 major findings of the study ,
 Contribution of the study.
 Indication of future area of investigation
 identification of key words and the
 Is the number of words in the abstract
within acceptable range?

3. Problem Statement Items For Discussion/Checklist

 clarity of background & scope of the study

 clarity of the statement of the problem

/research gap to be bridged
 Clarity of Research questions articulated

4. Research Objectives Items For Discussion/Checklist

 General objectives

 Specific objectives

5. Propositions/Hypothesis of the Items For Discussion/Checklist

study (if any )
  Clarity of hypothesis formulated to be tested

 Background/ Theoretical support for the

set hypothesis
6. Review of Related Literature Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Critical evaluation of the theoretical

literature
 Critical evaluation of the empirical
literature
 Organization of the literature review -broad
to specific, logical division
 Conceptual /Theoretical frame work to
guide the study
 Overall Quality and relevance of reviewed
literature
7. Research Methodology Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Description of and justification of the

chosen research design, /approach
 population and sampling techniques/sample
size determination, sampling procedures
followed
 Quality of research instruments

 Reliability and validity issues

 Procedures followed for ensuring ethical

research.
8. Data Presentation, Analysis & Items For Discussion/Checklist
Interpretation
 Presentation of data analysis in line with
the research question/research problem
 Appropriateness of statistical tools used to
analyze the data
 Discussion of findings –reliability,
limitation, extent to which it is
generlaizable
 Discussion linked with prior research works
for possible consistency or inconsistency
 Overall Quality of analysis focus, accuracy,
interpretation inferences
9. Conclusion and Items For Discussion/Checklist
Recommendation
 A statement of Conclusion –quality and
relevancy
  Theoretical and practical Contribution

 Quality of recommendations-relevance,
practicality, importance
 Area of further investigation/research
identified
11. Referencing Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Citation appropriateness & consistency

 Recency of citations

 Citation source mixes –journals, websites

and books