Literature Review

# **Literature Review Development**

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> **🎯 Goal:** Create a comprehensive literature review on a specific topic, identifying influential articles, summarizing findings, and synthesizing themes.
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#### **1. Original Prompt Block (English)**

> "Create a comprehensive literature review on [topic]. Identify the 15 most cited articles published in the last 5 years, summarize their key findings, methodologies used, and provide complete publication details (authors, journal, year, DOI). Organise the results by recurring themes and highlight the theoretical frameworks utilised across these studies."

#### **2. Analysis & Strategy**

| Phase | Insight |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Analysis** | This prompt aims to build the foundation of a research paper by gathering high-impact sources. It demands specific metadata (DOI, authors) and high-level synthesis (recurring themes). |
| **Review** | The request for "15 most cited" is specific but risky. Citation counts vary by database, and AI might hallucinate numbers or struggle to retrieve exactly 15 distinct sources in one pass. Best suited for **Perplexity's "Deep Research"** or "Pro" mode. |
| **Brainstorming** | Improve by asking for a **structured output (Table)** for readability and relaxing "most cited" to "highly influential". Ensure focus on **peer-reviewed sources** to avoid low-quality results. |

#### **3. PRO / CONTRA Analysis**

| **PRO (Advantages)** | **CONTRA (Risks)** |
| :--- | :--- |
| ✅ **Time-saving:** Automates hours of searching and reading abstracts. | ⚠️ **Hallucination Risk:** Asking for exact citation counts or "top 15" lists can lead to fabricated data. |
| ✅ **Structured:** Forces the AI to look for specific elements (methodology, framework). | ⚠️ **Overload:** 15 papers with full summaries might hit token limits or result in shallow summaries without "Deep Research". |
| ✅ **Thematic:** Moves beyond a simple list to an actual synthesis of ideas. | ⚠️ **Formatting:** Original prompt lacks table request, risking a hard-to-read text wall. |

#### **4. Upgraded Prompt**

**Changes Made:** Added "Deep Search" instruction, requested a Markdown table for clarity, specified "Peer-Reviewed", and added a synthesis section.

> **Copy & Paste this Prompt:**
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> "Act as an academic research assistant. Conduct a deep search to create a comprehensive literature review on [topic].
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> **Step 1: Source Identification**
> Identify 10-15 highly influential, peer-reviewed articles published in the last 5 years. Prioritize papers with high relevance and citation impact.
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> **Step 2: Data Extraction (Table Format)**
> Create a Markdown table containing the following columns for each article:
> * Author(s) & Year
> * Journal Name
> * Key Findings (Bullet points)
> * Methodology Used
> * Theoretical Framework
> * DOI Link
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> **Step 3: Thematic Synthesis**
> Below the table, write a narrative summary organizing these results by recurring themes. Highlight how these studies connect to or contradict each other."

#### **5. Hungarian Summary & Best Usage**

| Kategória | Leírás |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Mire a legjobb?**<br>*(Best Usage)* | Ez a prompt a kutatási munka legelején a leghasznosabb, az úgynevezett **szisztematikus szakirodalmi feldolgozás** (Systematic Literature Review) fázisában. Segít gyorsan átlátni, kik a hangadók az adott területen, és milyen módszerekkel dolgoznak. |
| **Valós példa**<br>*(Real Life Example)* | Egy PhD hallgató vagy szakdolgozó, aki a *"Mesterséges Intelligencia hatása a digitális oktatásra"* (AI in Digital Education) témában kezdi a kutatását. |
| **A probléma** | Több ezer cikk jelent meg az elmúlt 5 évben, lehetetlen mindet elolvasni. |
| **A megoldás** | Ezzel a promittal a hallgató **5 perc alatt** megkapja a legfontosabb 15 tanulmányt táblázatba rendezve, látja a fő elméleteket, és megkapja a DOI linkeket a források letöltéséhez. |

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