Title of Paper : Observation on Database Research Trends via Publication Statistics

FOCUS: Does the paper clearly identify the problem it is addressing ? The paper does not clearly identify the problem it is addressing. In order to understand the problem the majority of the paper must be read before understanding that the problem is finding a faster method to find k-dominate skyline queries in preparation for continuous queries. Identify the problem within the first paragraph, so that the rest of the introduction makes sense for understanding what you are writing about. Does the paper clearly explain related work and their limitations? The paper does a fairly good job of doing a literature review and suggesting how the background work does not meet the future needs. More work could be done to show any other literature that has explored the k-queries, if any exists. Also, some background literature on the general skyline queries and possibly some applications of the skyline query would be beneficial in identifying how it has been used in real-world applications. Does the paper identify its key contributions? The paper does clearly identify its key contribution to propose a new algorithm for k-dominant spatial skyline queries. Does the paper present any evidence to support the contribution claim? The paper presents an algorithm, but does not show any proof to claim that the algorithm is either correct, complete, or performs in more efficiently than a “Naïve” approach.