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Operations & Supply Chain Management

Journals Vs. Magazines

Criteria for Evaluation

Scholarly Journals 

Journal Cover 

Popular Magazines


 

 


Bibliographies or references included

 


Usually DO NOT have bibliographies

 


Authors are experts, often professors at universities or research centers

 

 


Authors are often journalists or generalists

 


Contain articles approved by author's peers (peer reviewed) or refereed

 

 


Contain articles chosen by editors who are employed by the magazine or people within a certain trade field

 


Audience is the scholarly reader, such as professors, researchers, students

 

 


Audience is the general population

 


Standardized formats are usually followed (APA, MLA, etc.)

 

 


Various formats which are often unstructured

 


Written in the jargon of the field

 

 


Written for anyone to understand

 


Any illustrations support the text (maps, tables, photos)

 

 


Often illustrated for market appeal