Written for other scholars, professionals. and policy makers. Also read by student researchers
It reflects a specific discipline or interdisciplinary field, such as sociology, history, gender studies, etc.
There are different kinds of scholarly articles.
Literature reviews, for example, give an overview of the body of research on a specific topic.
Original research studies, on the other hand, present original research findings in a field.
Theoretical articles offer original analysis.
Research studies aim to be transparent. They outline the purpose of the study, the methodology, findings, and conclusions. One of the goals of a research study is that it be reproduceable so that its conclusions may be verified.
Scholarship is usually, though not always, lengthy, and it engages with issues at a more substantial level than magazine articles.
Scholarship in the social sciences will include an extensive list of References at the end of the work, and comprehensive in-text citations throughout for all claims made in the body of the article.
Scholarship is published in scholarly journals and in books generally from university presses.
The purpose of a body of scholarship on a subject is to advance our knowledge and understanding in that field.
