Peer-reviewed journals are central channels of information for any research project. It is explained by the fact that all pieces of data presented in this type of sources can be used in diverse studies to create a theoretical background for the investigation. It is archived due to a complex peer review cycle consisting of several stages. I think that the verification of the validity and evaluation of the originality of the research are the most important points (Harris, n.d.).
They precondition the future of a paper, and its ability to contribute to the development of science. Thus, these issues are closely related to an editor who is responsible for the evaluation and publishing. In such a way, he/she differs from a peer reviewer who guarantees only the quality of the content and its credibility. Additionally, an editor cooperates with researchers and authors of articles to ensure that all problematic issues are solved, but a peer reviewer works only with an editor.
Nevertheless, as it has already been mentioned, not all sources are peer-reviewed. For this reason, it is critical to differentiate between them. First of all, an article should be published in a scholarly journal that offers only credible sources to its readers. Second, authors should cite all critical information obtained from other sources and provide a list of references at the end of the paper. Moreover, a specific structure should be preserved. Using these points, the article selected for this week can be classified as a peer-reviewed one.
Finally, to find the peer-reviewed information we can use databases containing scholarly publications. These are EBSCOhost, PubMed, SAGE, and JSTOR. Exploring these online sources, we will find needed pieces of data.
References
Harris, W. (n.d.). How scientific peer review works. Web.