Scholarly journals contain articles written by academic researchers.
Scholarly journal articles tend to be very narrowly focused on a specific discipline, and their intended audience is experts working in that discipline. They do not provide extensive background or introduction to the topic. Journal articles are considered one of the most reliable forms of information because the go through a process called peer review. The peer review process means that when Dr. X submits an article to the Journal of Z , the editors of the journal will send his or her article to be analyzed by other researchers in the author's field. The reviewers will then study the article and make recommendations to Dr. X for revision or further research.