- Verifiable (in other words, they provide full citations of people and work they reference so that you can look up that work yourself)
- Reproducible (this applies mostly to scientific research; not relevant to the humanities and liberal arts)
- The work responds to and furthers an existing conversation
- University Presses and most scholarly organizations publish peer reviewed content in an increasing variety of formats (an example of a professional organization would be the Society for Cinema and Media Studies)
- In the sciences, some commercial companies also publish peer reviewed content (Springer springs to mind, their most recognized journal perhaps being Nature)
There are, of course, caveats, some of which have been turned into parenthetical comments above. When in doubt, ask. Ask your teacher or ask your librarian (lhooper1@tulane.edu).
