Evaluating Academic Sources for a Canadian Research Paper
5 min read · For Canadian students
Source evaluation criteria.
Peer review is the baseline, not the bar.
Check the journal: impact factor, indexing, editorial board.
Check the author: affiliation, publication history, conflicts of interest.
Check the methods: rigorous, replicable, transparent.
Check the sample: size, representativeness, recruitment.
Check the citations.
Recency matters more in some fields than others.
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