A scholarly article is one that generally contributes additional knowledge to or demonstrates original research within a particular field. These articles do not report about events, but instead analyze and comment about events.
Indicators of a scholarly article:
--Evidence of research, which can include either footnotes or a bibliography.
--Evidence of expertise, as indicated in the author's credentials.
--Explanation of research methodology.
--Fairly plain journal format. Few photographs or illustrations, mostly charts or graphs. Few advertisements.
REMEMBER: The word “Journal” in the title is NOT an indicator that you are looking at a scholarly journal.
