Publication Cycle
Peer Review
Scholarly vs Popular
What is a Scholarly Article?
- Written by researchers or scholars, considered experts
- Contains: original research, Data supported analysis, and/or expert analysis of other original research
- Audience: Written for other experts
- Goal: is to add new knowledge and communicate ideas, techniques, and solutions
- Uses discipline specific or technical language
- Includes a Bibliography or References
- Almost always has an abstract, methods section, and/or literature review
- Often peer-reviewed
Popular
- Written by Journalists or Industry Staff Writers
- Contains: Opinion, Information compiled from other sources, can have original research, but not always.
- Audience: General Public or particular Interest Groups
- Goal: Informative, persuasive, and/or entertaining
- Rarely Includes a Bibliography
- Not Peer Reviewed
