Its the citation chain game! When you first start reading papers in a new field you essentially have to read every citation present to understand whats going on

Its the citation chain game! When you first start reading papers in a new field you essentially have to read every citation present to understand whats going on. As you accrue knowledge you'll need to read fewer citations and you'll understand more of the jargon. That, to me, is the primary challenge. It took me about 2 years before I could read a paper end to end and understand it. Of course by that point I realized that reading most papers was a waste of time. You often only need the figures, conclusion and methods section.