Scholarly articles appear in academic journals and go through what is called the peer-review process, in which experts in a particular field weigh in on whether or not a specific article should be published.
Scholarly articles vary depending on their discipline; an article written in the humanities may be structured very differently from an article written in a medical journal.
Some overall characteristics of scholarly articles include:
NOTE: scholarly articles will look different depending on their discipline. Get acquainted with what these articles will look like in your research!
Examples:
It can take time to publish a scholarly article. Often articles will first go through a revision process before they are finally accepted. Depending on the publisher, many (or most) of the articles submitted to a scholarly journal will not be published.
Scholarly articles (published in print and/or online scholarly journals) are reviewed by experts in a process known as peer review before they are published. They are written for other scholars or experts.
Here is a list of different types of scholarly articles.
Other content you may find in scholarly journals:
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