Research | Review | News | ||
Values & Uses |
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Summary of topic describing previously published research by many researchers. | Current information and updates about topic. | |
Language and/or Format | Written as a lab report with a LONG title and usually with these sections: abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion/conclusion, literature cited. |
Usually does not give much information about how experiments were performed. Summarizes findings. | ||
Authors & their Affiliation |
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Researcher in science. | Science journalists or correspondents. Author did not do the experiments. | |
Quality |
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Usually peer-reviewed. | Not peer-reviewed. | |
Sources Given |
Literature review and list of sources.
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Very long list of references. | Few references, if any. Might be embedded in the article. | |
Publisher | Professional society or specific scientific publishers. |
Professional society or specific scientific publishers. | Commercial publishers. | |
Graphics |
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Graphs or tables of data borrowed from cited articles or other sources. | Photographs, often color, and few charts or graphs of data. |