Not sure how to approach or think about academic/scholarly research article?
Take a look at this piece from ICPSR that provides reading strategies:
How to Read (and Understand) a Social Science Journal Article
Other advice on reading research articles:
Subramanyam (2013). Art of reading a journal article: Methodically and effectively. (Medicine, Health Sciences)
Keshav (2007). How to read a paper. (Computer Science)
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