SCI论文写作（一） | SCI论文的文献综述(Literature Review)部分

文献综述应该清楚地表明作者对研究领域有很好的了解。 文献综述通常在介绍部分占据一两段。 一篇写得很好的文献综述应该对与当前研究领域相关的先前研究进行批判性评价，而不是对先前工作的简单总结。 作者不应该回避指出以前作品的缺点。 但是，在没有任何依据的情况下批评他人的工作会削弱您的论文。 这是提出您的研究问题并证明进行此类研究的必要性的理想场所。

在评论结束时还值得指出的是，您的研究是独一无二的，并且没有直接的文献解决这个问题。 添加几句话，说明您的研究的重要性以及这将如何为知识体系增加价值。

研究论文的文献综述部分应包括以下内容：

以前的文献(Previous literature)

The literature review shows that __ 

Previous research showed __ 

Seminal contributions have been made by __ 

A series of recent studies has indicated that __ 

Several theories have been proposed to __, some focusing on __, others on __ 

There has been numerous studies to investigate __ 

This has been used in several studies to assess __ 

Previous studies have shown __ 

Several studies suggest that __ 

This has also been explored in prior studies by __ 

Prior research suggests that __ 

Previous studies have emphasized __ 

The majority of prior research has applied __ 

Most early studies as well as current work focus on __ 

For instance, the following studies were conducted on __ 

Studies of __are well documented, it is also well acknowledged that __ 

A number of authors have recognized __ 

Some authors have also suggested that  __ 

Some authors have driven the further development of __ 

This has been discussed by a great number of authors in literature. 

For example, research has provided evidence for __ 

The authors bring some information about the background of the problem, __ 

As has been previously reported in the literature, __ 

A large number of existing studies in the broader literature have examined __ 

The literature review shows that __ 

There exists a considerable body of literature on  __ 

In short, the literature pertaining to __ strongly suggests that __ 

Over time, an extensive literature has developed on __ 

This section presents a review of recent literature on __ 

This paper begins with a short review of the literature regarding the __ 

Several methods are reported in the literature to address this issue. 

There is a wide choice of __ available in the literature. 

This section reviews the literature related to __ 

It was reported in literature that __ 

A recent study by __ concluded that __ 

In the light of reported __ it is conceivable that __ 

The method introduced by __ has the advantage that __ 

One method employed by __ is __ 

A more comprehensive description can be found in __ 

For example, recent research suggests that __ 

This was successfully established as described by __ 

The author employed a __ methodology which prescribes the use of __ 

以往研究的局限性(Limitations of previous research)

A number of questions regarding __ remain to be addressed. 

A closer look to the literature on __, however, reveals a number of gaps and shortcomings. 

This question has previously never been addressed because__ 

Most studies have relied on __ 

Previous studies by __ cannot be considered as conclusive because __ 

Previous studies have almost exclusively focused on __ 

This has been previously assessed only to a very limited extent because __ 

In the present studies __ were constrained to __ 

In previous studies were limited to __ 

Although results appear consistent with prior research, they appear inconsistent with __ 

These are previously unstudied because __ 

As far as we know, no previous research has investigated __ 

Moreover, although research has illuminated __ no study to date has examined __ 

Despite decades of research, this continues to be debated among __ 

This section points out some of the problems encountered in the extant research. 

Although there are many studies, the research in __ remains limited. 

However, the existing research has many problems in representing __ 

The literature on __ is less consistent 

Historically, there has been a great deal of confusion in the literature regarding __ 

This approach remains briefly addressed in the literature. 

These are rarely analyzed in the literature as __ 

There are key questions and notions that are still not discussed in the literature __ 

This is not clearly presented in the literature because __ 

This paper addresses the need for __, so far lacking in the scientific literature. 

To fill this literature gap, this paper identifies __ 

Only a few works in literature demonstrate __ 

Although studies have been conducted by many authors, this problem is still insufficiently explored. 

To our knowledge, no prior studies have examined __ 

However, the existing research has many problems in __ 

Therefore, important issue in the literature is __ 

However, we argue that previous literature suffers from certain weaknesses: __ 

Previous research can only be considered a first step towards a more profound understanding of __ 

The previous studies reveal that __ are usually the most problematic to __

研究问题(Research questions)

More specific research questions will be introduced and investigated in __ 

A further question is whether __ 

Finally, another promising line of research would be __ 

The study addresses several further questions on __ 

Some of the interesting questions in this context are __ 

In order to address the questions outlined above, we report here __ 

These questions are of central interest as much recent research in __ 

Furthermore, __ is arguably an important question to be addressed. 

The question now is how __ can be used to explain __ 

Study addresses the research question __ 

In order to properly address this question, we __ 

An important question associated with __ is __ 

A critical open question is whether __ 

A still unsolved question is whether __ 

This remains an open question as __ 

This question has previously never been addressed because __ 

This study offers a test of __ research question 

Study addresses the research question __ 

Even in general __ research strategies is needed to explain __ 

The researcher should be interested here in __ 

Many questions remain unanswered __ 

There are some potentially open questions about the validity of __ 

The question that then naturally arises is __ 

The question then becomes how best to define__ 

This was an important question to study as __ 

# 有待探索的研究(Research to be explored)

A more systematic and theoretical analysis is required for __

As the authors note earlier, more work is necessary to__

Additional studies to understand more completely the key tenets of __ are required.

The unexpected findings signal the need for additional studies to understand more about __

This paper addresses __, so far lacking in the scientific literature.

A new approach is therefore needed for __

One of the tough challenges for all researchers in this domain is __
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Academic Phrases for Writing Literature Review Section of a Research Paper