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Journal and Article Types - Peer Reviewed Versus Other Types of Periodicals

Peer Reviewed Versus Other Types of Periodicals
Click here for an description of the peer review process.

Peer Reviewed Journals

 Popular Magazines

Newspapers

Examples

  • Harvard Business Review
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Psychological Reports
  • Time
  • Newsweek
  • TV Guide
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Times
  • Wall Street Journal

Peer Reviewed (Refereed)

  • Yes
  • A peer reviewed journal has articles that have been reviewed (refereed) by the authors' peers - a board of specialists in the field of research.
  • Peer review information usually appears on the inside cover, title page, somewhere in the journal's own website,
    or
  • Look in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
  • NO
  • NO

Equivalent or similar terms

  • Refereed Journals
  • Scholarly Journals
  • Primary Literature
  • Popular Magazine
  • General Interest Magazine
  • News Magazine
  • Consumer Magazine
  • Trade Magazine
  • Trade Journal

 

Characteristics

  • Concerned with academic study
  • Articles have bibliographies
  • Authors are experts
  • Includes authors credentials and institutional affiliation
  • Often have abstracts
  • Often reports original research; reviews and evaluates previously published materials; or expands and refines theory.
  • Often published by a professional association, society, research institution, or academic institution.
  • Diverse topics covered - popular topics or current events.
  • Sources not cited
  • Often unsigned
  • Appeals to the layperson or tradesperson
  • Contains advertising
  • Published by commercial publisher.
  • News on a daily or weekly basis.
  • Content determined by current events
  • Vast array of topics
  • Contributions by local staff, newswire services and syndicated columnists.

Peer Reviewed Journals

 Popular Magazines

Newspapers

  jskoga October 13, 2005