Peer Reviewed Articles
Does a peer reviewed article look different than other kinds of articles? What should I look for?
Peer-reviewed articles tend to share some identifying traits:
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Published with a summary (abstract)
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Substantial bibliography/works cited list
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May feature a note on when the paper was submitted/accepted
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Author’s credentials are usually listed
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Like most scholarly works, full of citations
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Papers in the sciences usually have discrete sections (“methodology”, “results”, etc.), as well as graphs, charts or figures; humanities papers usually do not