There are some periodicals,
which do not fit neatly into either category, e.g., Scientific American.
| |
MAGAZINES |
JOURNALS |
TARGET
AUDIENCE |
General
reading public or group having particular hobby or interest. |
Specific
academic group.
|
TYPE
OF MATERIAL |
Miscellaneous
collection of articles, stories, and/or poems, representing work
of many kinds of authors. |
Scientific,
represents results of research. |
SPONSORING
ORGANIZATION |
Commercial. |
Academic association,
e.g., American Medical Association. |
FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION |
Usually weekly or monthly. |
Often quarterly, sometimes monthly
or bi-monthly. |
RESEARCH ORIENTATION |
No. |
Yes. |
SELECTION
OF ARTICLES |
Editorial Board. |
"Refereed"
or "peer reviewed" by specialists in the field. |
LENGTH
OF ARTICLES |
Usually only a few pages
or paragraphs. |
Usually longer than in
magazines. |
ADVERTISING |
Commercial, often attractive,
multi-color. |
Scholarly, e.g, university
press books, other journals, black and white. |
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