Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite Mini Review Article | May 2020

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Author1, Author2, Author3, Author4
Author Affiliation Line1
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email1, email2, email3, email4

Abstract – A concise and factual abstract is required (between 250 - 300 words). The abstract should
state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. It should be bold Italic.
The whole manuscript except the title must follow the Times New Roman Font Style with 11 font size and
single spaced. The title of the article must be written in both small and capital letters with first letter of the
word capital, using font size 14 and bold. The 8.5” x 11” is the size of the paper to be used with margin of
1” in all sides. The name and surname of the author(s), their title, and the affiliation they work for and email
must be written.
Keywords – Provide 3-5 keywords or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.
Limit the objectives to 3. These 3 questions or variables
will be main content of your paper.
INTRODUCTION
Kindly follow the following: (1) The introduction
must include the rationale and the main objectives with REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
proper discussion of the variables as well as the Review of related literature aims to provide a recall,
significance of the study. This also includes the update, or review of the compounding principle behind
arguments and citation of related literature and studies. the study. The RRL is not merely a collection of
Provide crisp and easy to read content. (2) The article previous study but a factual report of “what has been
should be readable by a normal user. (3) Do not write done”, “what is currently done”, and “what else can be
complex sentences, multiple sentences for expressing done” regarding the topic of interest.
same content, quality of the article is directly
An advanced student-research does not literally and
proportional to the English used, and the way it handles
simply “copy-paste” but rather (1) evaluate information
transition. (4) Use simple expressions, properly convey
sources. This means the student-researcher reads the
the content within short sentences and focus on making
article and synthesize the content. He/she decides
the reader understand the concept quickly. (5) Curtail to
whether the information will be considered or will be
the minimum number of words, the full article may be
discarded. (2) Clarify understanding about the topic by
completed within 3,500 - 7,000 words. (6) Use high
systematically explaining its rationale. (3) Evaluate and
quality references using refereed journals that match the
relate the results of previous research and identify the
content quality, use the details in the reference and
similarity and gap. And lastly (4) provide a clear
properly cite them. (7) Define abbreviations and
framework about the succeeding research activities.
acronyms the first time they are used in the text, even
It is highly encouraged that student-researcher must
after they have already been defined in the abstract.
use high quality references in forms of original article,
(8) Use the APA citation (6th or 7th edition) for both
books, conference reports and official web sources.
in-text citation and bibliography. Please ensure that
There is no particular number of sources that must be
every reference cited in the text is also present in the
used in RRL however to ensure quality a minimum of
reference list. (9) For this study, a minimum of 30 peer
10 peer-reviewed original articles will be used.
reviewed, full article, and legal papers must be used.
For a better selection of RRLs student-researchers
Articles that will be used for the introduction should not
may try to consider the following questions:
be less than 5.
1. What are the review’s objectives?
2. What sources were searched to identify primary
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
studies? Were there any restrictions? What
State the general and specific questions or variables were the inclusion/exclusion criteria and how
that you wish to answer towards the end of the paper. were they applied?
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3. What criteria were used to assess the quality of

primary studies and how were they applied? Figures should be designated with Arabic numerals
4. How were the data extracted from the primary and upper-case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Each
studies? legend should begin with a title and should be
5. How were the data synthesised? How were sufficiently described so that without reading the text,
differences between studies investigated? How figure should be understandable. All figures, tables, etc.
were the data combined? Was it reasonable to must have a caption, centre justified. Tables and figures
combine the studies? Do the conclusions flow should appear as close to their point of reference as
from the evidence? satisfactory formatting of the final document permits.
MATERIALS AND METHODS RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
For mini reviews, it is essential that you start with a Discuss the synthesis of related articles here. Use the
collection of high quality and high impact journal. The 3 variables/questions as guides for your paragraphs.
literature collection should: (1) From 2015 and recent, Title of each paragraph depends on the
(2) from reputable data base such as Web of Science, variable/question being discussed. Support your
PubMed, Scopus, and DOAJ. If you are not sure of the discussion with articles related to your study.
journal source, look for the impact factor (should be It is required to produce at least one major
higher than 10) or visit thematically based table with at least 10 references. A
http://library.comsats.edu.pk/Files/Impact_Fator- thematically based table is a synthesis of similar facts or
wise_Top100Sciene_Journals.pdf for the list. (3) for topics from the collection of literature. There is no exact
other sources, it should have ISSN or DOI or both, if table format for a thematic table. Each thematic table is
none of the two do not use it. The use of Mendeley is dependent on the variable or topic being reviewed.
highly encouraged. After selecting your sources, you Therefore, thematic table is a major task that student-
need to: researchers must accomplished. Example is given on
1. Create criteria for the selection of your the next page.
literature. Below is the table format to be used. Thematic tables
2. Criteria is primarily based on the “theme” or are not affected by two columns. Table numbers and
idea of the mini review aka topic of interested figures are always consecutive (Table 1, Table 2. etc)
3. If you wish to study, let us say, the effect of
antibiotic especially penicillin family on blood Table 1. The Arrangement of Channels
borne bacteria. You need to specify the “effect”
Channels Group 1 Group 2
you are you looking for.
Main channel Channel 1 Channel 2
4. Once you find a theme common to your paper.
Assistant channel Channel 2 Channel 3
You can start synthesizing it. And this is the
biggest part of your research. Good luck!
Include in this section the flowchart of the steps Notice that the source of each row is cited, this will
followed in considering the sources and its synthesis. be applicable to all data that will used in the mini
review. Never limit your thematic table with
convenience!
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
A conclusion may review the main points of the
paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A
conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the
work or suggest applications and extensions.
REFERENCES
Strictly follow the numbered format of citation while
observing the proper APA style of referencing. It is
automatically arranged in Mendeley.
Figure 1. Road map to literature review.

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Sample of thematic table.

Table 2. Effective medicinal plants on hypertension by ethno-botanical evidence of Iran

Row Scientific name Family Persian name Part of plants District
1 Allium sativum L Aliaceae Sir Root West Azerbaijan (Source)
2 Allium sativum L Aliaceae Sir Root West Azerbaijan (Source)
3 Allium sativum L Aliaceae Sir Root West Azerbaijan (Source)

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