The answer is simple. To write a good review you need to have much more knowldge and experience than just to refer to the available literature. Thus good reviews come from real experts. Members of the Editorial Board are most likely to be such people. There are exceptions, but this is more or less the rule.

Tatiana Andreeva .. Really this is.. because of more knowledge and understanding of the topic and thought organisation and experience to write a good review paper.

I agree with Dr. Andreeva, it's really challenging to wrtite a good review. Author has to be a well-recognised expert in the field with long-standind experience and recpected personality as well. The review is usually co-built on the basis of author's previous scientific articles related to the topic of review.

Yes,...and no! It depends on which type of Review article you are referring to. There are many different kinds of review articles classified into one of 3 types mainly: types by mandate (interesting only if invited), types by objective (theory, history, etc) and types by methodological approach (I suspect those are the ones you are referring to).

The Narrative review falls in the latter group, is the one the previous 3 respondents referred to and can be very difficult, especially if experience is limited.

However, a Systematic review (SR) requires less experience but does require a lot of hard work. It lends itself ideally to the young (promising) researcher as the approach has been worked out nicely. You do require a trustworthy companion who is prepared to put in as much labour as you are as he/ she will have to review the same number of papers as you are. Your senior may be prepared to act as a referee.

A fair number of Microbiology journals (your field) are particularly keen on publishing well- performed SR's.

Not difficult but, time consuming & hard work - but, go for it!

P.S. this link may be useful:

http://ueberfachliche-kompetenzen.ethz.ch/dopraedi/pdfs/Mayer/guidelines_review_article.pdf

Yes, a narrative/ invited review will most likely be of value to a broader public (and thus be published) if it comes from a real expert in the field. However, it can be of value to the individual when entering a specific field. It may bring more insight into the topic, to the specific person and could be regarded as personal enrichment - I agree, Koen: it does not have to or should be published.

Having said that, I disagree when it comes to a Systematic/ Best Evidence Review (SR) is involved. Here, the outcome depends on the quality of the question - a good question, will, if the SR is properly performed lead to a good (or at least an interesting) answer from which all (the researcher and the broader public) will benefit.

The methodology of performing a SR is so well- worked out that the researcher requires limited experience but....lots of time. It all depends on the question to be addressed and perhaps some assistance with the meta - analysis.

I agree with prof. Binnemans, a good review has to be masterpiece. A review may contain new data that have not yet appered in a primary journal. But the cardinal purpose of a review paper is to summarize previously published literature and to put it into some kind of perspective. I think that review is like the background for further researchers in the field; sometimes it is a forceful stimulus for thinking about topic from another viewpoint; a superb review stimulates further research. Iď like to underline prof. Binnemans words: a good review needs to be critical and the author has to give a very good outlook for further research.

to write review article you need to have critical thinking skill

I would like to ask ...how to publish paper of critic article ?

Mine is not a contribution to the ongoing issue, rather, I'd like to ask a question. Can a review article be published in the same journal or in a different journal?

Thanks Najmul for asking this as I am facing the same problem while publishing my own review paper. Thanks all for sharing your views.

 Thank you very much for every one who participate answering of the above question :)

Too though than research article. The invited review from the journal Phytopharmacology, iNFORESIGHT PUBLISHING UK  have consumed my 01 years. Link is given below

Data Anti-emetic effects of bioactive natural products

Which are the journals where we can publish review papers ?

It took me a whole year to write a systematic review on Genotoxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in different biological systems and when i communicated it to a journal it got converted into a book chapter from the same publisher due to its long length. Hence, it is of prime importance to maintain the word limit for publishing a review article in a renowned journal. As a beginner, I have understood the fact that a systematic review needs thorough analysis of available literature and interpretation of a large amount of existing data on a given topic in a precise manner. The above answers have provided a new insight into different types of reviews and who are eligible (experts and young researchers) to write each of these types. Being a young researcher, I must say that the more we study, the better we work. Hence, systematic reviews are not just for publications. Its for a beginner's improvement of scientific knowledge. I personally feel that both review and research article writing are equally difficult; though reviews require more time.

It is pretty simple. If you don't hold good Impact points no one will buy Reviews from you. First, earn some good impacts, you will be invited to write reviews and Publishing a review article will be a cakewalk.

My published review article has 1,386 reads.

Article Natural antiemetics: An overview

i am the beginner of making  a systematic  review paper.The above discussion helpful.thanks to all

Also this article written by the Editor of Separation & Purification Reviews Journal is too useful.

The above discussion is very much helpful to me, thanks to all who participated in it.

Thank You.

it depends on which type of review you have/want to write. there are fourteen types of review article. look here: Health Info Libr J. 2009 Jun;26(2):91-108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Grant MJ1, Booth A.

Writing a research paper seems easy because one communicates his/her own work and knows how to tell the message to the respective readers. On the other hand writing a review article seems tough because one has to compile others data too. For review article, one should first decide different sections of the article according to the flow of message. Then search for literature accordingly and write as per own flow... Flow and connections both are very important in scientific writing as Writing a good Research/Review article is an art of representing science...

Easy or hard depends on many things.

Prior knowledge of the subject is very cardinal for a good review. However, even without indeepth knowledge i still think you can put out a good review if you invest time and use the write tools to construct a review that flows well and has the analytical detail explained in a unique way for others to understand. The type of review also matters. Writing a review is actually a way of acquiring a deeper understanding of the subject. So i would encourage PhD students to write reviews on their research area.

Thank you Najmul Hasan for this question. I have immensely benefited from the contributions given by various experts.

Is it acceptable if the beginner starts with dissemination in a conference or publishes in a proceeding to make a simple review?

Please kindly share your point of view. Thank you in advance.

I think so. As far as I know many beginners write papers for presentation in conferences with the expectation that they will meet experts in the conference that would share their view regarding the finding in the papers and would give some recommendation on how to improve the papers. Sometimes many fruitful idea arise during the discussion. I believe that the discussion with the experts may shape to more solid papers.

Dear, I believe writing a review is tougher than writing a research because is it involves thorough searching of other authours works on the topic while research involves reporting your own work which is precise.

Also, the main problem you are facing when writing a review article is how to classify the different issues related to the subject of the review in an appropriate part and how to give the readers your critical view about it.

Reviews should be done by young but intelligent beginning PhD students because the young and energetic students can read lots of papers within limited time and their insights are most of the time new and unconventional than the other reviews . Thus could lead to new insights and inventions that leaps the science forward. So, atudents should be encouraged to publish reviews before starting their original research.

Mayada... If you have the intent, do the review and give it to your supervisor. You will gain knowledge, even if it is not published. If it is an outstanding work, then can be published.

After 6 attempts @ publishing, the review was finally published by BMC Psychiatry May 2018

If you want to write a review article, kindly go ahead. Give it a try and put your best in it. One of the good things about writing is that you learn a lot through the process. Best of luck.

As Oluwatoyin Abidemi Somoye mentioned, writing a review article would be a very good learning experience. Good literature survey, expertise in topic, well ordered review contents and collaboration with the other experts can lead to very good review in any subject. In my opinion, drafting review article is quite difficult than writing research article.

The trend is that only people who have expertise in a specific field write review papers on a particular subject. But it is always good to write review papers since it needs a critical and thorough know how of the topic. You always learn through the review process. So it is good to write even though you are a beginner.

Also, that is a very important article regarding your issue. It is written by Prof. Berthod, Editor-in-Chief of Separation and Purification Reviews:

Article So What? or Required Content of a Review Article

There are no barriers- dont let anyone tell you that you cant write or publish a review article. You obviously can. Just keep righting and trying until you achieve your goal. Initially it is difficult but so is driving a car. Practice will make you perfect sooner or later. If you don’t try you will never have a review article published. If you try, you will eventually publish it one day.

Review articles are not difficult in comaprison to an orginial article. Everything is difficult for the first time- and it becomes easier the second time and way easier the third time and so forth.

Never give up and keep trying.

I did learn a lot when I wrote four reviews. The first was under the guidance of my supervisor as a PhD student. The others I did by myself. I think that interest and curiosity are essencial, as dedication. The authors of reviews are likely the persons in the world that spent more time reading and thinking on papers of a given topic. Thus, their knowledge about this topic is great. If you wish to do, just do it. A review helps many young and experienced scientists. "A" review is not "The" review. Publish before you die.

I am interested in writing review in neuro pharmacology (Neuro degenerative diseases). please suggest me good journals to refer.