You should consider:
- the publisher ( This will give you information about the quality and the intentions of the person who has invested money on the publication. If the publisher is interested in making money, the article will have shallow ideas and these will be probably descriptive. Whereas, if the publisher is interested in making good information public, the article will have argumentations and evidence).
- the author ( The author's socio-cultural and academic background will affect the article. If the author is an Afro-American scientist, the article will be shaped by his view of the world. If the author is an astrologist, the article will not be academic)
These options are not right:
-yourself ( You ,yourself, have not taken any part in the writing of the article).
-teacher ( A teacher can recomend an article but she will not be part of it)
-instructor ( The same as above).
