Research Skills involving Locating and Evaluating Resources Diseases and Disorders

Research Skills - Locating and Evaluating Resources: Diseases and Disorders

Introduction

When using better quality articles in literature review during a study, the stronger the research becomes. However, the use of articles that are not respected is likely to lead to unfounded research conclusions (Harris, 1997). Therefore, this paper will analyze some considerations to qualify an article’s authenticity and quality over the others.

1. McIntyre, R. S., Berk, M., Brietzke, E., Goldstein, B. I., López-Jaramillo, C., Kessing, L. V., ... & Mansur, R. B. (2020). Bipolar disorders. The Lancet, 396(10265), 1841-1856.

First, the article is published in the journal “Elsevier,” which is highly ranked on the Journal Quality List and is a global leader in information and analytics. The journal is well known for helping healthcare professionals and researchers improve healthcare outcomes and advance science by publishing quality papers. Subsequently, from academic search, the article has been cited several times (124 times) by researchers and research organizations of high standing orders. This means that the article has been mentioned at least 124 times in other articles. Moreover, upon checking the authors of those other articles, I realized they are research experts, and they used the article to support their points (Harris, 1997). The leading author of the article (Roger S. McIntyre) is the leading the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit situated in the University Health Network and a renowned professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto (McIntyre et al. 2020). He has also researched multiple areas like mood disorders, cognitive function, medical comorbidity, metabolism, and inflammation, amongst others.

Additionally, this article was published very recently on google scholar, that is, in December 2020. This makes the information very valid and current to present issues of bipolar disorder. Based on the reasons given above, I consider the article to be qualitatively good and, therefore, a valuable resource with relevant and precise information on the topic of study. It is, therefore, beneficial for literature review.

2. Vieta, E., Berk, M., Schulze, T. G., Carvalho, A. F., Suppes, T., Calabrese, J. R., ... & Grande, I. (2018). Bipolar disorders. Nature reviews Disease primers, 4(1), 1-16.

The article’s lead author (Eduard Vieta) is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Barcelona. He leads the bipolar disorders program in Spain, Catalonia, and Barcelona and is the Departmental chair of the Psychology and Psychiatry department at the hospital clinic (Harris, 1997). Moreover, he is one of the global leaders in research, teaching, and clinical care for bipolar disorder. Dr. Vieta has also been the Scientific Director of the Spanish Research Network on Mental Health. Due to his outstanding contribution to research and bipolar disorders, he has received several awards, including the Mogens Schou award, the Aristotle award (2005), and the Strategic Research Award of the Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry (2009), amongst others. As a result, this article has become one of the best literature reviews on bipolar disorder (Vieta et al., 2018). Finally, from a google scholar search, the article has been cited several times (385 times) by researchers and research organizations of high standing orders. This means that the article has been mentioned at least 124 times in other articles. Moreover, upon checking the authors of those other articles, I realized they are research experts, and they used the article to support their points.

3. Neff, A. P., & Marzani, G. (2012). Bipolar disorders: a review. American family physician, 85(5), 483-493.

The article looks well organized with presented arguments, adequately addressed topics, and information and data to substantiate them. Moreover, after searching the publication through google, I found out that the journal ‘American Academy of Family Physicians’ that published the article is among the top publishers of family medicine. The quality of the source was therefore high enough to use the article. The article’s co-author (Neff) has practiced medicine for over 20 years and is a fellowship-trained Integrative Medicine specialist. The co-author (Gabrielle Marzani) is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences (Neff & Marzani, 2012). They have written renowned articles, and their contribution to bipolar disorder is remarkable.

References

Berry College. (2018, March 27). Evaluating web resources: What makes a credible website? https://libguides.berry.edu/evaluatingweb