academic paper
An unpublished article produced in university or college research, with journal-published papers classified as magazines.
An academic paper is an unpublished article written in the context of university or college research. The quality of such documents varies considerably, and must be judged according to the reputation and reception of known factors such as the author, the institution, and the paper itself.
If such a paper is published in a journal, then the source is classified as a magazine (usually as a premium magazine).
The unpublished status is part of this source definition. A paper can have an academic author and still move into the magazine source category when it is published in a journal; academic authorship alone does not determine the source type.