Scholarly Articles have:

    Popular Magazines
on the other hand:

• Bibliography, footnotes, or endnotes.
  - evidence of the research conducted
  to produce the article
• Written by expert(s) in the field.
   - information describing the author’s credentials and position
• Published by Associations, Research Institutes, University Presses.
• “Peer reviewed.”
  -  the policy of experts in the field examining journal articles before acceptance
  for publication
• Written in the jargon of the field.
   - for scholarly readers (professors, researchers or students.)
• Illustrations that support the text.
   - such as tables of statistics, graphs, maps, or photographs

• No footnotes or references.

• Written by journalists who are usually not experts in the field.

• Easy to read. Intended for lay audience. Informative and entertaining.

• Short articles.

• Many advertisements throughout the magazine.

• Glossy, slick. Illustrated with graphics and photos.

• Unsigned articles.