scholarly article

Meaning

A scholarly article is a formal paper written by an expert or researcher, typically peer-reviewed, and published in an academic journal. These articles present original research, review existing literature, or propose new theories. They are highly structured and include extensive bibliographies to back up their claims.

Examples

• Your bibliography should include at least three peer-reviewed scholarly articles.

  Your bibliography should include at least three peer-reviewed scholarly articles.

• The student spent the afternoon analyzing a scholarly article on cognitive development.

  The student spent the afternoon analyzing a scholarly article on cognitive development.

• A reliable scholarly article always provides clear methodologies and lists its references.

  A reliable scholarly article always provides clear methodologies and lists its references.

• It can be difficult to read a scholarly article if you are not familiar with the field's jargon.

  It can be difficult to read a scholarly article if you are not familiar with the field's jargon.

• He cited a classic scholarly article from 1998 to support his theoretical framework.

  He cited a classic scholarly article from 1998 to support his theoretical framework.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I found a scholarly article on Wikipedia.

  ✓ I found a scholarly article in the university database.

  Wikipedia is an online collaborative encyclopedia, not a publisher of peer-reviewed scholarly articles.

• ✗ The researcher wrote a scholarly article book.

  ✓ The researcher wrote a scholarly article.

  An article is a short-form text published in a journal; adding 'book' makes it a contradiction in terms.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To write a strong research paper, you must base your arguments on evidence from a ___ .

  💡 A peer-reviewed academic paper written by an expert.

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  scholarly article

• The syllabus requires us to read one ___ every week and write a short summary.

  💡 An expert research paper published in a journal.

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  scholarly article