Research Article

The other day I was going through some scientific journals in college. They were so interesting that I had to go look them up online.

I found that there were 3 main types of articles: regular research articles, review articles and peer reviewed articles. How are they different from each other?

An objective of organizing a research paper is to allow people to read one’s work selectively.

Usually, abstracts are made first which are submitted to a journal. Abstracts are concise single paragraph summaries of completed work or work in progress. They help a reader learn the rationale behind the study, general approach to the problem, relevant results, and important conclusions or new questions. Abstracts are usually around or less than 200 words.

Research articles usually contain: a summary or “abstract”, a description of the research, the results they got and the significance of the results.

Research articles require tremendous lot of work and give in depth exposure to a topic. They, however, do not help one find basic summaries or general introductions to a topic. They are the best way to access the most recent, research and authoritative information about older research.

References and further information can be obtained from
•http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/report/reportform.html
•http://www.lib.utexas.edu/lsl/help/modules/review.html