What is your goal here? Are you taking a course that you have to write a paper for? Are you a graduate student writing a thesis? Do you need academic publications because you want a tenure track position in a university? Are you trying to work out ideas for yourself by writing them down and seeing where they take you? Do you have something you want to say and get feedback from other people who are both knowledgeable and interested in the topic? Because the answer matters a lot.
What is your goal here? Are you taking a course that you have to write a paper for? Are you a graduate student writing a thesis? Do you need academic publications because you want a tenure track position in a university? Are you trying to work out ideas for yourself by writing them down and seeing where they take you? Do you have something you want to say and get feedback from other people who are both knowledgeable and interested in the topic? Because the answer matters a lot.