research articles

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Research articles are formal written works presenting original findings, analysis, or experiments in academic and scientific fields.

They follow a standard structure—abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion—and undergo peer review before publication in scholarly journals.

She cited three research articles to support her thesis.

The term distinguishes these from opinion pieces, reviews, or popular science writing.

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