Biomedical Academy - Year 2: Day 5

Example of a Scholarly Journal Article

ADDITIONAL SCHOLARLY JOURNAL RESOURCES & VIDEOS:

STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS FOR READING A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE

  • Written by experts in a specific subject field, then reviewed and intended for readership by experts in that same field

  • Provide an abstract or overview of the article and author-supplied keywords

  • Typically lengthy/ substantive

  • Published quarterly rather than weekly or monthly

  • Feature charts and graphs to support a study's methodology and procedure (no pretty images)

  • List references (sometimes several pages)