The phrase "a controversial article" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an article that presents ideas or opinions that provoke disagreement or debate among readers.
Example: "The author published a controversial article that sparked heated discussions in the academic community."
Alternatives: "a contentious piece" or "a divisive article".
About a year ago, I wrote a controversial article for the Huffington Post, titled "Ten Grassroots Lessons From Monsanto's Swift Boating of the Prop 37/Label GMO Campaign".
Late last year, Glaeser wrote a controversial article that made a case against rebuilding New Orleans.
At the time it was published, it was a controversial article.
This anecdote was cited in a controversial article for the journal Science last spring.
A prominent newspaper publisher, El Malick Seck, was jailed for printing a controversial article about the president and his son.
A group of Turkish intellectuals has petitioned the government to change a controversial article of the constitution that deems all Turkish citizens to be Turks.
I've been Windows-free for about 8 months, and I recently published a rather controversial article outlining my experience.
The senators' vote for an amendment of the controversial article is a victory for many of the protesters but it is not over yet - the bill still has to return to the House of Representatives before it can become a law.
Two events inspired these ruminations: a widely noted and controversial article by four scientific luminaries and a scholarly conference of science labor force experts.
Their book, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," is an extended version of their highly controversial article of a year ago, which appeared in The London Review of Books.
Mr. Delannoy had worked in the film industry for two decades when in 1954 François Truffaut, then a 21-year-old critic for the film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, wrote his controversial article entitled "A Certain Trend in French Film".
