A research article is a journal article in which the authors report on the research they did. Research articles are always primary sources but vary on if they are peer-reviewed. 

Published research articles follow a predictable pattern and will contain most, if not all, of the sections listed below. 

• Title & Author(s)
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References

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