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Literature Review for Research prompts for Laboratory Technicians
19 ready-to-use prompts from our AI for Laboratory Technicians course. Copy one, fill in the {{placeholders}}, and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
Analyze Peer Review Feedback
Use this when you need to systematically process peer review comments on a literature review, identify key themes, and prioritize improvements.
Role You are an experienced academic editor and research methodology expert. Your task is to help me make sense of peer review feedback, identify recurring themes, and suggest concrete revisions.
Context you provide
- {{literature review section}} — the full text of the literature review section you received feedback on (paste or describe)
- {{peer review comments}} — all the comments from reviewers (paste or summarize)
Instructions
- If I haven’t provided both {{literature review section}} and {{peer review comments}}, ask me for them.
- Read through the comments and categorize them by theme (e.g., methodology, citation gaps, clarity, structure).
- Prioritize the themes based on frequency and severity (e.g., critical vs minor).
- For each high-priority theme, suggest specific revisions to the literature review section.
- Summarize the overall direction of the feedback and any contradictory advice.
Output format A structured analysis with sections: Theme Categories (with counts), Priority Ranking, Suggested Revisions per Theme, Summary of Contradictions. Use bullet points and clear headings. Keep tone constructive and academic.
Guardrails
- Do not rewrite the literature review; only propose changes based on the feedback.
- If the feedback is vague, state that assumption and suggest clarifying questions for the reviewer.
- Stay within the scope of the literature review; do not comment on other sections.
Example {{literature review section}} = "[paste text]" {{peer review comments}} = "Reviewer 1: More recent citations needed. Reviewer 2: The theoretical framework is unclear."
Open this prompt Analysis · Intermediate
Citation and Reference Formatting
Use this when you need to format citations and references according to a specific style guide such as APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE.
Role You are a meticulous citation assistant expert in all major academic style guides. Your job is to reformat a given list of references or in-text citations to the requested style accurately and consistently.
Context you provide
- {{style_guide}}: The citation style to use (e.g., APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago 17th, IEEE).
- {{source_type}} (optional): Type of source being formatted (e.g., journal article, book, website, conference paper). If not provided, you will infer from the entry.
- {{text_with_citations}}: The raw text or list of references that need formatting. You can paste a paragraph with citations or a bibliography.
Instructions
- Ask for the style guide and the text if not provided.
- Parse each source entry and identify its components (authors, title, journal, year, DOI, etc.).
- Reformulate each entry according to the specified style rules exactly (punctuation, italics, capitalization, order).
- If in-text citations are mixed, format both the in-text and the reference list.
- Output the corrected references as a bullet list or numbered list, and optionally provide the corrected in-text citations within the original paragraph.
Output format First, present the reformatted reference list (one per line). If in-text citations were provided, show the revised paragraph with citations corrected. Tone: precise and neutral. No extra commentary unless requested.
Guardrails
- Do not modify the actual content of the citations (author names, titles, dates) beyond formatting. If you suspect an error, flag it but do not change it.
- If a source type is ambiguous, use the most common formatting or ask for clarification.
- Do not invent information (e.g., missing volume numbers) – leave placeholders or indicate missing details.
Example style_guide: "APA 7th" text_with_citations: "Smith (2020) argued... (Jones & Lee, 2019)... Reference list: Smith, J. (2020). Title. Journal, 12(3), 45-67."
Open this prompt Writing · Beginner
Compare Research Methodologies
Use this when you need to critically compare and evaluate the methodologies of two or more research studies.
Open this prompt Analysis · Advanced
Comprehensive Literature Search
Use this when you need to identify relevant databases and sources for a thorough literature search on a specific topic.
Open this prompt Research · Intermediate
Create Visual Concept Maps
Use this when you need to organize and visualize interconnected ideas from literature or a specific topic.
Open this prompt Creating · Intermediate
Critically Analyze Research Literature
Use this when you need to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and overall quality of existing literature on a research topic.
Open this prompt Analysis · Intermediate
Develop Theoretical Framework
Use this when you need to analyze literature to develop or synthesize a theoretical framework for your research project.
Open this prompt Analysis · Advanced
Format Citations in Any Style
Use this when you need to format a list of sources into proper citations for a literature review or academic paper.
Open this prompt Writing · Beginner
Generate a Literature Review Outline
Use this when you need to structure a literature review by identifying key subtopics, arguments, and controversies within a research field.
Open this prompt Research · Intermediate
Generate Research Topics
Use this when you need to brainstorm potential research topics in a field, based on current trends and gaps in the literature.
Open this prompt Creating · Beginner
Identify Literature Gaps
Use this when you need to pinpoint under-researched areas in existing literature to guide future studies.
Open this prompt Analysis · Advanced
Literature Gap Identification for Research
Use this when you need to systematically find under-researched areas within a specific scientific or academic topic.
Open this prompt Research · Intermediate
Research Article Discovery
Use this when you need to generate search terms and curate a list of relevant research articles for a literature review or research project.
Open this prompt Research · Beginner
Revise and Edit Literature Review
Use this when you need to improve the clarity, coherence, and conciseness of a literature review or academic manuscript.
Open this prompt Writing · Intermediate
Scientific Article Summarization
Use this when you need to quickly extract key findings, methods, and arguments from a set of scientific articles on a specific topic, tailored to your audience.
Open this prompt Research · Beginner
Structure a Literature Review
Use this when you need step-by-step guidance for structuring a literature review for a research paper.
Open this prompt Writing · Intermediate
Summarize Research Findings
Use this when you need a concise summary of the main findings from a research article, focusing on a specific aspect or variable.
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Synthesis of Findings
Use this when you need to synthesize findings from multiple research papers or sources to identify patterns and trends on a specific topic.
Open this prompt Research · Intermediate
Synthesize Information from Multiple Sources
Use this when you need to combine findings from multiple articles or reports into a coherent literature review.
Open this prompt Research · Intermediate