How To Review a Journal Article

Journals are typically magazines that fall into the academic realm and are of a more serious nature. The articles in these types of journals cover subject matter related to the field the journal covers, whether it a medical journal, a writer's journal, a journal aimed at teachers or any of a number of other possibilities. Many of these journal articles are written subjectively. Reviewing an article written in a journal requires a writer to have some knowledge in the subject area of the article as well as the skills to analyze the material objectively. Learn how to write professional, effective reviews of journal articles.

Instructions

1. Read the journal article and determine what aspects of the article you want to talk about in your review.

2. Write a brief introduction about the article's author and a broad synopsis of the article's content. State your position on the subject of the article and then write an overview of your position.

3. Analyze the text of the article for writing style and clarity of the writer's position. Don't use your personal position on the subject matter to devalue anything written in the article. You're writing a review, not an argumentative essay. You stated your position at the beginning of the article to give readers a center with which to evaluate your review.

4. Conclude your review with an objective summary of the quality of the journal article and whether you feel the writer effectively conveyed his message about the subject of the article.