Scholarly article

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A research-based paper written by experts, published in academic journals, and peer-reviewed for credibility.

    "2025, Södertörn University, What is a scholarly article? Scholarly articles are articles in scholarly journals that present research results. It may, for example, apply to new, empirical results (original articles) or overviews of previous research (review articles)."

Synonyms

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academicacademic articleacademic papereducation research reportempirical studiesformal

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"2025, Södertörn University, What is a scholarly article? Scholarly articles are articles in scholarly journals that present research results. It may, for example, apply to new, empirical results (original articles) or overviews of previous research (review articles)."

Etymology

From scholarly + article.

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