Last week I recommended Notebook LM and a few other tools to help you with frontloading your learning by providing general topic overviews and audio or written summaries of specific articles. Eventually, though, you will need to read the research yourself. If you've done your frontloading work, this reading will be easier. One useful strategy is called pre-reading. Pre-reading means scanning an article through before you read it closely. Examining the title and abstract, scanning through the article's headings and its conclusion.
Pre-reading gives you a “map” of the article. You’ll know the big picture before diving into the details, which makes the reading less overwhelming. Pre-reading also helps you spot key terms and ideas early, so when you see them again in the article, they’ll make more sense. The link below will help you further.