http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/home/Papers/data/07/paper-reading.pdf

1st pass

• main idea
• title, abstract, introduction
• read the section and subsection headings, but ignore others
• glance at the math content
• read the conclusion
• glance over references
• last: answer five Cs:
  • category
  • context
  • correctness
  • contribution
  • clarity

If your write a paper, take care of above main part

2nd pass

• carefully look at the figuires, diagrams. Pay attention to graphs, axes, labels, bars
• mark relevant references

3rd pass

• follow author and reproduce