"link to the article" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it when you are writing instructions, such as "Click the link to the article to learn more about the topic."
"Here's a link to the article".
(A terrorist Web site that her group monitors promptly posted a link to the article).
A link to the article was posted on Khatib's Twitter feed, without confirming the story.
Here's a link to the article that describes that gut-busting twofer.
A link to the article by Aylwin-Foster can be found at www.washingtonpost.com/world.
In many cases, these will include a link to the article in PubMed.
Here's a link to the article on UNC's website, https://stat-or.unc.edu/archives/3484 //stat-or.unc.edu/archives/3484
In late March 2013, the journal decided to "provisionally remove the link to the article while these issues are investigated".
If you can include a link to the article that contains the mistake, that would be very useful.
Quicker than that is a direct innovation: how about any time a news outlet gets a notification, it tweets a link to the article that's just been disappeared.
