online journal

Web-based personal log

An online journal is a periodical published on the internet rather than in print.

The term covers both academic publications peer-reviewed online journals and personal blogs or diaries kept on the web.

Academic online journals often provide open access, removing traditional subscription barriers.

Personal online journals preceded and evolved into modern blogs.

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open access · literature review · case study · RSS feed · reflection · academic publishing · white paper · reading list · web publishing · memoir · poetry collection · personal essay · digital archive · LiveJournal · comment section · content creator · weblog · daily post

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medium/format

online journalbound volume

Book with fixed binding

manuscript · codex

accessibility/distribution

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Private written record

private correspondence · classified document

permanence/ephemerality

online journalstone tablet

Inscribed flat rock

Family

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