trade journal

Professional sector periodical

A trade journal is a periodical aimed at professionals in a specific industry or field, covering news, trends, and developments relevant to that trade: She found the job listing in a trade journal for pharmaceutical executives.

Distinguished from academic journals by their practical rather than scholarly focus, and from general magazines by their specialized audience.

publication

magazine

Bound periodical with articles

circulation · issue · volume · edition · editorial · articles · column · feature · byline · headline

professional

peer-reviewed

Evaluated by field experts

methodology · findings · symposium · workshop · seminar · proceedings · authorship · contributor · editor · correspondent

industry

sector

Distinct division of whole

business · wholesale · retail · supply chain · import · export · commodity · distribution · enterprise · vertical

content

analysis

Methodical study of parts

case studies · interviews · white papers · best practices · benchmarking · market research · opinion pieces · company profiles · mergers · acquisitions

Categories
Opposites
audience scope

trade journalpopular press

News for mass audiences

mainstream media · newspaper · tabloid

content purpose

trade journaltabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

travel magazine · literary magazine · comic book

scholarly rigor

trade journalacademic journal

Peer-reviewed research publication

peer-reviewed journal · scientific journal · scholarly journal

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
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