Scholarly journal articles are written by scholars for scholars and present a new interpretation or thesis based upon a synthesis of primary sources, scholarly journal articles, and other secondary sources. Note: Scientific studies published in academic journals are considered primary source material.
Many are also peer-reviewed; in other words, they must be approved by other scholars in the field before they are published.
Scholarly journal articles generally have a bibliography of materials for further study, including primary sources, journal articles, and books.