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Flow cytometry

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?

(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because we discussed flow cytometry in class, so it is relevant to the course. I also chose it because I do not have any previous experience with it, and I wanted to learn more about it while also being able to complete an assignment for the course. My preliminary impression

Evaluate the article

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The lead-in for this article is comprehensive. The only thing that seems to be missing from the introduction is any sort of history description. I do not think that this hinders the article in any way however, as one does not necessarily need to understand when or where the instrument was made in order to get a good overview of what it is.

There is one section that does not seem to go with the rest of the article. The section "Impedance Flow Cytometry" seems to talk about a completely different concept. If this is relevant to flow cytometry, it does not say so.

There does not appear to be any biases or signs of misrepresentation in the article. It appears to have been written in a neutral point of view.

The majority of the references cited in the article are peer-reviewed papers published in scientific journals. Those that are not peer-reviewed articles are important to the article because they provide information like product information from manufacturers for example. There is one instance, however, where the reference provided is to a flow-cytometry information page which has its own references and looks somewhat like the Wikipedia article (https://microbiologynote.com/flow-cytometry/#google_vignette). This leads me to believe that there is definitely a better source of information, as there are clearly several peer-reviewed articles and textbooks to choose from. The information acquired was also used to make a blanket general statement about using flow cytometry for a variety of applications, so it was unnecessary to the article overall. Aside from this, most of the articles seem relevant and to contribute to the article, and all links that were clicked on worked.

The article is easy to read, and I did not find any grammatical mistakes. The organization made sense and it was easy to follow. Further, images and figures are straightforward and are captioned well.

Most of the entries in the Talk section were submitted by internet bots, and the only human review on the article from 2016 indicated that the "Data Analysis" section was not well explained. Additionally, the article has been used in a number of WikiProjects and was given a grade of A in 2016. The article talks about this topic generally in the same way we talked about it in class, but it does go deeper into the topic. Where we spent about five to ten minutes quickly going over the topic in terms of what fluorescence of the cells means, the article explains the other types of flow cytometry and why/how they're used.

Overall, the article gives a thorough description of the topic. It would be a good resource for anyone who is simply interested in learning what flow cytometry is, but it can also be used for people who want to go deeper and learn how the instrument works and the different forms that it can take. The article could be improved by being written with less jargon, and it could be made more readable for anyone that does not have a scientific background. Beyond the history section, the rest of the article reads like it was written for people in the scientific field, and not for anyone who wants to know what flow cytometry is and how it works.