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The paper I chose to look over was Herbivore grazing—or trampling? Trampling effects by a large ungulate in cold high-latitude ecosystems
This article is safe to say that it is academic because it is written by several experts in the respective field and it is based from original research from Department of Environmental and Health Sciences at the University College of Southeast Norway. There are also in text citations are present, followed by a References section that are of credible sources.
This research paper is also peer reviewed based on where it is published. It is from the Wiley Online Library where there are the requirements to meet their manuscript submissions. Including going through the processes of being peer reviewed and going through the editor. Additionally it has an accepted date of Accepted: 26 April 2017 after the received date that was January 27, 2017. So it is clear that it made it through all of those hurdles.
The article can be considered research material because it includes the requirement of materials and methods. And it also has specific experiment and analysis geared directly to this specific study.
Heggenes, J, Odland, A, Chevalier, T, et al. Herbivore grazing—or trampling? Trampling effects by a large ungulate in cold high‐latitude ecosystems. Ecol Evol. 2017; 7: 6423– 6431. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3130
Nice post, very detailed!