A peer-reviewed scholarly journal article has been through a peer review process defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a process by which a scholarly work (such as an article or a research proposal) is checked by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is accepted for publication. In other words, the authors' peer group of professionals in the same discipline will review the work. The experts will be reviewing in-depth aspects of the work such as the research methodology and validity of the conclusions.
Unlike popular articles such as newspapers or magazines, scholarly peer-reviewed works will frequently have many authors who are researchers from organizations including universities, government agencies, or think tanks. The authors collaborate on original research and publish their new findings in order to inform others in their field. However, there may be only one author so this is not a set rule, particularly in fields such as history or literature.
Their readers may include other researchers, practitioners, and students in that particular field.
The article titles are descriptive and tend not to be catchy because the authors' intent is to inform other interested professionals and academics of new findings in their field, not to entertain.
Peer-reviewed articles will almost always have abstracts that summarize the main points of the articles.
Scholarly articles may have charts, tables, and graphs, but they do not have advertisements or many photos.
In scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, the authors will list the sources they used in their research. You can find this list at the end of the article under references, endnotes, or bibliographies. You can use the references to trace the authors' sources and to conduct further research.
