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    The document discusses journals, their key characteristics, types of journals, and publishers. Journals are scholarly publications containing peer-reviewed articles written by experts that focus on a specific field or discipline. The main types of journals are academic/scholarly journals, which report original research; trade journals, which cover industry trends; and current affairs journals, which provide in-depth reporting without scholarly conventions. Major publishers of journals include Nature, Springer, Hindawi, MDPI, Elsevier, and Sage. Metrics like the SJR, H-index, quartiles, and JCR are used to evaluate the prestige and impact of journals.

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    JOURNALS & PUBLISHERS

    JOURNALS
    Journal comes from an Old French Word which means daily (jour being the French Word for
    day, for example, soup du jour…. “soup of the day”).
    A JOURNAL is a scholarly publication containing articles written by researchers, professors
    and other experts.
    SALIENT FEATURES OF JOURNALS:
     Journals focus on specific discipline or field of study.
     Unlike Newspapers and magazines, journals are intended for an academic or technical
    audience, not for general readers.
     Journals are published on a regular basis (monthly, quarterly, etc.)
     Journals are sequentially numbered.
     Each copy is an ISSUE; a set of issues makes a VOLUME.
     Journals are also called Periodicals or Series.
    CHARACTERISTICS OF MOST JOURNAL ARTICLES: Most Journal articles
     Are peer reviewed
     Have original research
     Focus on current development
     Cite other Works
     Can be in print, online or both.
    TYPES OF JOURNALS
    1) Academic/ Scholarly Journals
    2) Trade Journals
    3) Current Affair/ Opinion Journals
    4) Popular Magazines
    5) Newspapers
    1) ACADEMIC/ SCHOLARLY JOURNALS: The academic/ scholarly journals are often devoted
    in a single discipline or subdiscipline. The purpose of such journals is to inform, report and
    make available original research and new findings. Peer review process is mandatory. The
    example of such journals is American Economic Review.
    TYPES OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS:
     Letters/ Communications
     Research Notes
     Articles
     Supplemental Articles
     Review Articles
    EXAMPLES OF SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIC JOURNALS: The most important and famous
    examples of Scientific Academic Journals are PNAS (The Proceedings of National Academy
    of Sciences) & PLoS (The Public Library of Science)
    2) TRADE JOURNALS: The trade Journals cover practical information related to a field or
    industry. The purpose of such journals is to report on industry trends, new products or
    techniques to people in a specific trade, business or profession. No peer review process is
    required. For example, Nursing Times.
    3) CURRENT AFFAIR/ OPINION JOURNALS: The Current Affair/ Opinion Journals cover a
    wide range of topics of interest to the readership. The purpose of such journals is to offer
    in-depth reporting and feature articles without scholarly conventions. No peer review
    process is being done. For example, Time (Sydney)

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    4) POPULAR MAGAZINES: The popular magazines often focused on a particular


    subject or hobby but may also cover a variety of topics. The purpose is to entertain and
    inform without providing in-depth analysis. No peer review process is needed and it may
    reviewed by an editor or editorial board e,g; New Idea
    5) NEWSPAPERS: The purpose of newspapers is to disseminate news on a daily or weekly
    basis. It encompasses current events in politics, religion, sports, leisure, and business. No
    peer review process is being made e.g; Courier Mail.
    HEC JOURNALS & PUBLICATION POLICY:
    Before August 2019 when HEC decided to start HRJS from 1 st July 2020, there were different
    polices at different times. There were four categories namely W, X, Y & Z. Since 1st July 2020,
    New system is implemented with Categories W, X & Y till now.
    PUBLISHERS
    Publisher means one that publishes something, especially; a person or cooperation whose
    business is publishing. The synonyms for publishers are Author, Creator, Issuer, Encourager &
    publishing house. The main publishers related to journals are Nature, Springer, Hindawi, MDPI,
    ELSEVIER & Sage.
     Nature Country of Origin is UK.
    NATURE MEDICINE (Journal) is published by Nature.
     Springer Country of Origin is German. (The logo contains KNIGHT; a chess piece)
     Hindawi Country of Origin is Egypt. (Founder is Ahmed Hindawi)
     MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. Country of Origin is Switzerland.
    PHARMACEUTICS (Journal) is published by MDPI.
     ELSEVIERCountry of Origin is Netherlands. The logo represents “the symbiotic
    relationship between publisher and scholar”. (This logo also contains the word NON SOLUS
    which means Not alone)
     NANO TODAY (Journal) is published by ELESVIER.
     Sage It was founded by Sara Miller and George D. McCune. Country of Origin is USA.
    CLINICAL TRIALS (Journal) is published by Sage.
    FEW RESEARCH METRICS
    SJR (Scimago Journal Ranking) It calculates the prestige of a Journal by considering the
    value of the sources that cite it, rather than counting all citation equally.
    SJR= Average No. of Citations received per document in a year divided by No. of documents
    published in last 3 years.
    H- Index  (Founder--- Jorge E. Hirsch in 2005). It tells about productivity of a journal.
    It is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given author/journal has published at least h papers
    that have each been cited at least h times.
    Quartile  Originates from quarter. There are four types of quartiles.
    Q1 Top 25% of the journals in corresponding field. Higher
    Q2 Next 25-50% of the journals in corresponding field.
    Q3  Top 50-75% of the journals in corresponding field.
    Q4  Top 75-100% of the journals in corresponding field. Lower
    JCR (JOURNAL CITATION REPORT)  JCR is published on annual basis. It determines
    authenticity of a Journal. The database provides impact factors and rankings of many journals
    based on citations.
    ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) 8 digits number. It identifies all continuing
    resources, irrespective of their medium.
    ISBN (International Standard Book Number) 13 digits number to identify book.
    DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to identify article of a journal.

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