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Academic or Scholarly Journal Articles
- Peer reviewed – this means an editorial board of experts in the author’s field of research has evaluated this article
- Main focus is academic study
- Contain bibliographies of cited and related works
- Written by experts in the field
- Include author’s credentials and institutional affiliation
- Often has an abstract
- Often reports original research, reviews and evaluates materials that has already been published, or expands and refines theory
- Published by a professional association, society, research association, academic institution, or commercial enterprise
Examples of academic or scholarly journals include ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, The American Journal of Psychiatry, or Rhetoric Society Quarterly.
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