Legge, S.E. et al. Genetic and Phenotypic Features of Schizophrenia in the UK Biobank.
JAMA Psychiatry; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0200 (2024).
The article that I am citing in this writing assignment is a peer-reviewed article titled
“Genetic and Phenotypic Features of Schizophrenia in the UK Biobank” by Sophie Legge and
others. I am citing this article as a primary source. The ways that this source acts as a primary
article is through its content and presentation.
The content was obtained through original research conducted by the authors using data
from the UK Biobank to present new findings from the author’s experiment on genetic
schizophrenia. Although the data source is secondary, the analysis of this data done by the
author’s contributes to the present field of study field, which separates it from acting as a review
article. While peer review does not automatically make an article a primary source, it does add
more credibility to the content of the article.
Formatting and presentation of the information is also an important part of determining if
a source is primary. The article being cited in this writing assignment presents its data with an
introduction that includes a hypothesis, a methods section that explains the data collection and
analysis techniques utilized, a results section that delves into the findings of this research article,
and a discussion and conclusion that applies the research to society and further justifies its
relevance in science.
In conclusion, it is clear this source is a primary article because it follows the content and
presentation expected of a primary source.