Life Sciences

Popular

Scholarly

Purpose:

• Articles are written to inform or to entertain

• Academic or scientific research articles and information

Content:

• Covers broad subjects and topics of general interest

• Scholarly articles which usually focus on original research in a specific subject field or discipline

Intended Audience:

•  Appeal to broad, general readership

•  Specialized readership; specialists; scholars and professionals in subject field

Authors:

• Magazine staff or freelance writers

• Experts, scholars, professionals in subject field

Layout:

• Most often short articles with illustrations

• Longer articles, often including tables, graphs, charts

Style:

• Non-technical language

• Technical, specialized terminology

References:

• Sources are often not cited or are incomplete

• Documented research with footnotes and bibliographies

Review Policy:

• Reviewed by editor

• Usually articles are reviewed by a panel of peers; they are often called peer-reviewed or refereed articles

Publisher:

• Published commercially

• Published by an  association, academic institution or professional organization

Advertising:

• Various products and services designed to attract the general consumer

• Little or no advertising; if present it is usually specific to the field or discipline the journal covers

Examples:

• Time
• Social Work Today
• Parents Magazine
• American Spectator

• Child Development
• Families in Society
• Journal of Marriage and Family
• Journal of Social Issues