How to Write a Journal Article Review APA StyleErica Sweeney, eHow ContributorA journal article review is a common assignment in college and graduate school. Reviewingjournal articles is an important assignment on its own or as part of a much larger research paper.Typically, instructors will give you guidelines on the type of journal articles to review and whatto include, but general APA journal article reviews will follow certain conventions. Articlesshould be from peer-reviewed or scholarly journals and relate to the field of study that the classdiscusses.1. Search the library's online databases, such as EbscoHost and others, to find scholarly or peerreviewedarticles. You can also look in indexes available at the library.2. Read the entire article. Many journal articles can be quite complex and use complicatedwording and statistics. You may need to read the article a few times before you get a fullgrasp of it.3. Write a citation for the journal article at the top of the review. The citation should follow theAmerican Psychological Association's style—consult the APA-style manual or the link underResources for citation information. You will need the title of the article, the journal where thearticle is published, the volume and issue number, publication date, author's name and pagenumbers for the article.4. Write a summary of the article. This should be one to three paragraphs, on the length of thearticle. Include the purpose for the article, how research was conducted, the results and otherpertinent information from the article.5. Discuss the meaning or implication of the results of the study that the article is about. Thisshould be one to two paragraphs. This is where you offer your opinion on the article. Discussany flaws with the article, how you think it could have been better and what you think it allmeans.6. Write one paragraph discussing how the author could expand on the results, what theinformation means in the big picture, what future research should focus on or how futureresearch could move the topic forward. Discuss how knowledge in the area could beexpanded.7. Cite any direct quotes or paraphrases from the article. Use the author’s name, the year ofpublication and the page number (for quotes) in the in-text citation.