Connected Papers: Turning point-based reading into surface-based reading.

Humanity has developed in a relay format.
In other words, it was not that a single person accomplished everything, but that the next person started from the point reached by the previous one.
The method for this is 'study'.

Understand and internalize the breakthroughs that predecessors spent thousands of years achieving, all from just a few books.
Then, stand at the forefront of humanity and take the next step.
I believe what is required for that study is'efficiency'.
It would be ideal to minimize the time spent 'learning' and maximize the time spent 'creating'.
And, a few days ago, I encountered a tool that boosts study efficiency exponentially.
That isConnected Papers (see Twitter & homepage below).
*Note that it is no longer free!

This time, I would like to share the power of Connected Papers and a rough guide on how to use it.
And I am thinking of adding this functionality as one of the features of my literature review 'ARI'❗️

▶︎ Point reading, line reading, surface reading

How is this tool so amazing?
To explain that, please understand the following concepts.
Point reading, line reading, surface reading
'Point reading' refers to isolated reading, where you only read one book you have targeted (for example, a book recommended by someone).
However, just as knowledge is, all books (literature) cannot exist in a standalone state.
One book or one piece of literature is directly or indirectly connected to many other pieces of literature through references and influences.
Reading that follows those connections is called'line reading'.
Furthermore, reading that crosses the connections between literature, or goes against them, comparing and weaving literature together to create many lines (connections) that even the authors did not anticipate, is called'surface reading'.
(📗 Dokugaku Taizen. From point reading to line reading, to surface reading)

Now, the power of Connected Papers.
For example, when you read one paper and want to study further by following the citations, you go through the following process.

In this process, it takes time (several days to several weeks) to go from 1 to 3.
However, Connected Papers does it in 'one second'.
It immediately shows the surface understanding as a 'diagram'.

▶︎ The ultimate tool to turn points into surfaces: 'Connected Papers'

First, please refer to high-quality sites for details on how to use it.

I will share the general flow of use and its power.
To use it, first enter the DOI of one paper you have read as a point.

Then, a page like the following will appear.

Almost all of the power of Connected Papers lies in this'graph of related papers'.
This graph is highly likely to be the surface understanding itself.
For example, let's enter the paper handled in today's full review (🌱 >>> note. ) (🔗 >>> Connected Papers. ). *Displayed in dark mode

Zhou, 2022 is the paper for this review, and looking at this, you can understand thatErnber, 2020 is clearly a hub paper.
So, when I click on Ernber, 2020, I see a very interesting title:'Is there an interaction between experimental muscle pain and music?'.
Since the abstract is also displayed, when I quickly read it, it mentionedthe effect of music types on pain relief.
This was one of the points I was curious about when reading Zhou, 2022.
As described above, the feature of Connected Papers is that ittakes the citations that usually need to be explored one by one by hand and instantly elevates them from 'point to surface' with beautiful visuals.
I haven't used it much yet, so I don't know everything, but it seems certain to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of study.

▶︎ Incorporating Connected Papers into ARI

The literature review 'ARI' for the latest rehabilitation medical papers has consisted of two main components until now.

However, this is still reading papers as 'points'.
I wanted to further support readers who say, 'I want to go a step further and understand the
surface
.'(Of course, there is also the fact that I want to study it myself.)So, I would like to add one domain.

This domain is simple.
Show the relationship diagram presented by Connected Papers and include the link.
I hope interested readers will click on that link and study in greater depth.
Another feature has been added to the literature review.
Whether it is a step toward the best or just an unnecessary addition, I want to monitor the progress carefully.

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