Journal articles

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Scholarly journals

Scholarly journals provide original research and commentary on recent developments in specific disciplines. They:

• are published regularly (weekly, monthly, biannually, etc.) by an academic institution, research body, professional organisation or scholarly press
• contain journal articles written by researchers or academics in a particular field
• are specific to a discipline or subject area
• can be found in print and online
• are often peer reviewed.

Journal articles look at very specific areas of study and provide detailed information about new research being conducted.

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Peer Reviewed articles are scholarly journal articles - before publication they will have been read and critiqued by other experts in the field. They must base their findings on research. The are written by researchers and academics. Scholarly journals publish about 4 issues in a year as a lot of work goes into them.