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Struggles with reading research papers

I am a new grad student in Engineering. As obvious, I am supposed to read research papers quite often now which was not the case earlier. And I think I am not very good at it, especially when I see that some peers around me are able to read the same research paper in 20 minutes with better comprehension that I take about 2 hours to read.

Is this normal feeling for new grad students in engineering and one gets used to it with time or am I missing something. What suggestions you would give to a new grad student to overcome this hurdle? And how do you read those math-heavy research papers containing a lot of abstract concepts hard to visualize.
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It’s normal. In the beginning it took me almost a whole day to read a paper thoroughly. With time it gets much easier as you get used to the format, pick up standard phrases, learn to differentiate between important and less important details (as it relates to your research). As you get more knowledgeable in your field you’ll be able to quickly skim through introductions because you’ll already know most of it.