What is a scholarly peer reviewed article, and why aren't all articles scholarly and peer reviewed?
Answer
A scholarly peer reviewed article is a research article that is reviewed by experts in the field of the subject of that article before publication. As written in the National Library of Medicine:
Peer-reviewed journal articles have gone through an evaluation process in which journal editors and other expert scholars critically assess the quality and scientific merit of the article and its research. Articles that pass this process are published in the peer-reviewed literature. Peer-reviewed journals may include the research of scholars who have collected their own data using an experimental study design, survey, or various other study methodologies. They also present the work of researchers who have performed novel analyses of existing data sources, such as the ones described in this section.
Not all research or reports require or necessitate peer review. Government documents, trade publications, books or book chapters, newspapers, blog posts, and magazines do not use the peer review process. Additionally, the peer review process tends to add several months and sometimes even more than a year to the time an article gets published.