Scholarly articles typically include:

  • a list of authors and their affiliations
  • an abstract (summary)
  • an introduction
  • charts, graphs, equations
  • methods
  • results
  • a conclusion
  • a bibliography
  • scholarly language
  • written by an author that is an expert in the field (PhD, etc).
  • Here's an interactive image of "The Anatomy of a Scholarly Article" created by NCSU Libraries.