Blog post #2 Scientific Research Articles
Signe Lett, et al. 2022. Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?. Arctic Science. 8(3): 609-637. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0057
This research article can be classified as an academic peer-reviewed review paper. To start with the paper is academic as it is written by experts in the field as show cased by the author affiliation section at the beginning and the universities/departments the authors are a member of. Secondly, the paper includes both in text citations and a references section at the end. The paper can also be categorized as peer-reviewed. This is shown if you look at the acknowledgements section towards the end where Gaius Shaver and two anonymous reviewers were thanked for critiquing the paper. Lastly, this paper can be classified more as a review material than a research material as it provided a synthesis of combined results and data collected. As the paper also did not contain a proper method or results section, I believe this supports the idea of it being a review material. All of the steps for classifying this paper as shown above can be found and replicated using the tutorial provided in this course for how to evaluate scientific sources of information. Additionally, one might find the definitions provided in the journal article cited below particularly useful.
Lepczyk, C., and R. Donnelly. 2011. A beginner’s guide to reviewing manuscripts in ecology and conservation. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 4:25–31.
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