What's the difference between a scholarly journal and a magazine?
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SCHOLARLY JOURNALS |
POPULAR MAGAZINES |
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| Journal articles will always have bibliographies and end/footnotes. | Articles may lack bibliographies or references. |
| Authors are always named, and their institutional affiliation is given. | Authors may be anonymous. |
| Articles are often peer-reviewed or refereed. | Articles are not peer-reviewed. |
| Journal title may include terms such as "journal of," "review," or "bulletin." | Journal title lacks such terms. |
| Journal cover and pages tend to be plain in design, without advertisements. Non-text elements may be limited to charts, graphs, and tables showing numerical data. | Magazines tend to include advertisements, graphics, color photos, etc. |
| Issues tend to be successively numbered. | Each issue tends to begin with page 1. |
| Articles in journals tend to be longer. | Articles in magazines tend to be shorter, some only 1-2 pages. |
| Journals tend to be published less often (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually). | Issues tend to be published more frequently (monthly, weekly, daily). |