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Psychology

WHAT IS A SCHOLARLY OR PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL?

These unique publications have original research or analysis written by experts in the field.

All articles are read by other experts in the field before they are accepted for publication.

For example, empirical studies include:

  • Author's credentials
  • Abstract (summary)
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • References

Literature reviews, theoretical articles, and other types of articles have different formats.