There are three basic types of scientific articles are research articles, reviews, and notes or brief communications. Research articles are papers where an experiemtn was performed and the author is reporting on what was done ad what the results were. They generally contain an introduction of the subject, the methods that were performed, the results of the experiemnt, and the author's discussion of those results. Reviews are pieces of writing in which the author reports on a certain topic or body of knowledge as a whole, and highlights certain researchers or experiemnts done that have furthered the knowledge of the subject. Reviews can also include current debates on a topic or gaps in knowledge. Notes and brief communications are shorter works that provide an overview of topics to inform the scientific community. They can include observations that will be studied more in-depth at a later point, or results of an experiemnt can be summarized if they are not extensive. Both research articles and brief communications are usually peer-reviewed, while reviews may or may not be.
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