What are Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Articles?

Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are written for a very specific audience such as other scholars, people involved in the field, researchers and/or students interested in the field. Scholarly articles include original research, criticism and reviews of current literature in the field.

For example, the Journal of the American Medical Association contains articles that are scholarly in nature.

• Scholarly articles may include the following sections: abstract, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion.
• For more information watch the video Anatomy of a Scholarly Article or view the interactive guide Anatomy of a Scholarly Article, both available from North Carolina State University. Links for both of these can be found under this box.

Want to know more about the differences between scholarly and popular magazine article, please watch the video Scholarly vs Popular Sources from Old Dominion University, which is embedded below. If you are unable to view the video, there is a link to the video under this box.