ENGL 1102 - Types of Periodicals - PEASE

Review Articles (not to be confused with "book reviews") are summaries of the results or conclusions from a large number of articles or books on a subject. They constitute a 'state-of-the-art' analysis of research in a field or subject area. [Audience: scholars or researchers].

 Also, they will indicate the key or most significant articles to read, and may cover:

• recent major advances and discoveries
• significant gaps in the research
• current debates
• ideas of where research might go next

Two way to recognize Review Articles:

• articles are often quite lengthy
• they have extensive bibliographies or references (look at the end of the article to see how long the list is).