Introduction to Scientific Journal Literature Video
Scientists communicate the results from their research by having their work published in articles science journals
Scientific journal literature is the primary literature of the sciences (current advances can be found within them)
Primary Research Articles
Research Article
Original research results
First publication form of this research
Similar layout to a science laboratory report
Method
Introduction
Abstract
Results
Discussion
References
Does not include scientific review articles
Starting point of information on the decided topic
Review articles
Peer reviewed by others in the same field overlook before publishing
Published- whether in a physical journal or online journals and indexed in a data base
Note: many review articles will say somewhere on the first page or title, if they are are a review article
The authors of the literature have done the experiment themselves
Authors of the literature have not done the experiment(s) themselves, and are really only overlooking what happened and the recorded data/observations.
Not all research articles are considered primary research, there is also secondary and tertiary