scientific journal
Peer-reviewed academic magazine
A scientific journal is a periodical publication containing research articles written by scientists and scholars.
Articles undergo peer review—evaluation by other experts in the field—before publication.
Journals serve as the primary vehicle for sharing new findings and establishing priority for discoveries: The study appeared in a prestigious scientific journal.
Most are highly specialized: Journal of Molecular Biology, Physical Review Letters.
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- reviewerOne who assesses work
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- single-blindPartially concealed experimental design
- revisionAltering to improve
acceptance · rejection · rebuttal · editorial board · scrutiny · rigor · validity · originality
Written piece or grammatical word
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- volumeAmount of space filled
- issuePoint of contention
abstract · periodical · editorial · publisher · editor-in-chief · subscription · archive · print
Higher education institution
- professorSenior university teacher
- scholarLearned, studious person
- tenureProtected employment status
- facultyInherent power or ability
doctorate · postdoc · graduate student · academia · institution · department · research grant · funding
Directing attention elsewhere
- bibliographyList of cited works
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- sourcePoint of origin
attribution · cross-reference · DOI · APA · MLA · Chicago · Vancouver · Harvard
Deliberate learning effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- findingsConclusions from investigation
results · analysis · methodology · variables · sample · empirical · qualitative · quantitative
referee
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- reviewerOne who assesses work
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- single-blindPartially concealed experimental design
revision · acceptance · rejection · rebuttal · editorial board · scrutiny · rigor · validity · originality · methodology
article
Written piece or grammatical word
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- volumeAmount of space filled
issue · abstract · periodical · editorial · publisher · editor-in-chief · subscription · archive · print · online
university
Higher education institution
faculty · doctorate · postdoc · graduate student · academia · institution · department · research grant · funding · collaboration
reference
Directing attention elsewhere
- bibliographyList of cited works
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
source · attribution · cross-reference · DOI · APA · MLA · Chicago · Vancouver · Harvard · self-citation
study
Deliberate learning effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
findings · results · analysis · methodology · variables · sample · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · statistical
- magazinesmagazine, issue, periodical, publication, design magazine
- periodicalsmagazines, magazine, newspaper, periodicals, newspapers
- sourcesbook, encyclopedia, source, magazine, newspapers
- journalsdiary, diaries, personal diaries, diary entry, daily log
- multilingual textsbilingual dictionary, multilingual dictionary, parallel text, phrase book, phrasebook
- Victorian printpenny dreadful, periodical, serial novel, serialized fiction, quarterly
scientific journaltabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
supermarket tabloid · social media post · yellow journalism · blog · mass media
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