Academic (or scholarly) journals contain articles written by experts in the field that describe the results of original research.
Articles in scholarly or academic journals are usually well documented, often with tables, footnotes, and bibliographies (or lists of works cited). Most scholarly academic journals have few illustrations and little or no advertisements. Journals such Canadian Ethnic Studies, Canadian Historical Review, and Canadian Woman Studies, are examples of scholarly journals.
Scholarly journals often have an “Editorial Board” or “Review Board” comprised of university and college professors who serve as referees or as “peer” reviewers of the articles submitted to the journal for publication. While not all scholarly journals go through the peer-review process, it is usually safe to assume that a peer-reviewed journal is also scholarly. Detailed information on peer-reviewed journal articles can be found here.
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