What is a PEER REVIEWED or REFEREED or SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE?
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A scholarly or peer reviewed article has gone through a particular editorial process. The editorial process consists of a panel of experts (usually 3) reading through the article and concluding the research was done correctly and the information is accurate. Scholarly articles usually are longer than 5 pages, have no advertisements, and have bibliographies at the end. If the article as a DOI number (example might look like 10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105677) these are most likely to be peer reviewed. You can also see if journal is peer reviewed you can check the information in the database, or look at the journal's website.