Consider the following:
(1) Is the journal the article is published in peer-reviewed?
(2) Can you tell the reputation of the journal, such as *Impact Factor or other indication of the journal's standing?
*“The journal Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years. An Impact Factor of 1.0 means that, on average, the articles published one or two year ago have been cited one time. An Impact Factor of 2.5 means that, on average, the articles published one or two years ago have been cited two and a half times. Citing articles may be from the same journal; most citing articles are from different journals.”
From https://osu.libguides.com/c.php?g=110226&p=714742
(3) How many times has the article been cited?
What does this tell me?
(4) Did the article come from a scholarly, curated database like Web of Science or Pubmed?
(5) Was the article later retracted? (rare, but it happens!)
Healthy skepticism is a good thing.
If you can't answer these questions, investigate!
You must determine what is appropriate for your topic area or assignment.