Empirical research articles refer to articles reporting on the findings of research or studies that collect and analyze qualitative and/or quantitative data, gathered from experience, experiments, interviews, observations and other senses, following the scientific method, to provide knowledge or evidence to the specific questions being studied or researched.
A empirical or scientific research paper will often have the following sections:
Some journals have additional Supplementary Online Information with important details of the research.
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