A journal (through
French from late
Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings:a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a
diary. a
newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day; many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly
academic journals, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for "
magazine," in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication, most often
peer-reviewed. A non-scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually called a professional magazine.
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