The general idea is that you better off reading review papers, they are more approachable: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-science-review/most-cited-

The general idea is that you better off reading review papers, they are more approachable: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-science-review/most-cited-articles https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-science-review/mo... Or you could start with something you already knew, but in the form of a research paper to see if you could figure that out with just reading the paper. It's reading from the source: You understand the quirks and the intent of the original author. For example, the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm should be something you already knew -- try reading the original paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022283670900574?via%3Dihub http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/00222836709...