Research Articles: Primary vs. Review

Primary vs. Review Articles

The three articles below are all academic, peer reviewed articles in the sciences. 

Only one is a primary research article with original research.

1. Innate and adaptive immune responses in asthma Links to an external site.

This article provides a review of current research on the topic of asthma.

First paragraph of sample review article focused on asthma. Provides a scientific definition of asthma.

 

2. Preterm Birth and Childhood Wheezing Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Links to an external site.

This article provides a systematic review of research the topic of pre-term birth and childhood wheezing disorders. 

It also provides a meta-analysis of the results of that research:  Meta-analyses combine the data from different studies to create a larger data set and discuss what that larger data set shows us.    

Title and abstract of systematic review and meta-analysis article about pre-term birth and childhood wheezing disorders. Includes all six authors names and the universities or hospitals they are affiliated with, as well as a brief description of the background, methods, findings, and conclusions.

 

3. Metabolomic Associations of Asthma in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Links to an external site.

This primary research article includes original research:   A study that included 3,347 people and analyzed metabolomic associations of Asthma in diverse Latino populations. 

The article discusses the methods and results of their study.

Example of a primary research article with an original study about Latinos and asthma. Lists all ten authors names and the universities or hospitals they are affiliated with as well as a short description of the research question and the study methods.

 

Links to an external site.

Citations & Attributions

Been, J. V., Lugtenberg, M. J., Smets, E., Schayck, C. P., Kramer, B. W., Mommers, M., & Sheikh, A. (2014). Preterm Birth and Childhood Wheezing Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: e1001596. PLoS Medicine, 11(1), e1001596. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001596 Links to an external site.

Holgate, S. T. (2012). Innate and adaptive immune responses in asthma. Nature Medicine, 18(5), 673-83. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2731 Links to an external site. 

Lee, Y., Chen, H., Chen, W., Qi, Q., Afshar, M., Cai, J., Daviglus, M. L., Thyagarajan, B., North, K. E., London, S. J., Boerwinkle, E., Celedón, J.,C., Kaplan, R. C., & Yu, B. (2022). Metabolomic Associations of Asthma in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Metabolites, 12(4), 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12040359 Links to an external site.