What does peer-reviewed journal mean?
Peer-reviewed, refereed, or juried all mean basically the same thing when used to describe journal articles. Scholarly journals require that each article submitted for publication first be judged by an independent panel of experts within the field. In order to be accepted for publication in the journal, articles must be approved by a majority of the reviewing experts. It is important to remember that not all scholarly journals are peer-reviewed. Other common characteristics of scholarly, peer-reviewed, or refereed journals: • Formal in format • Sources are cited with footnotes or a bibliography at the end of the article • Authors are scholars and researchers in the field and are identified as such • Purpose of the article is to publish the results of research • Publisher may be a professional organization, research institution; usually not-for-profit • Very little advertising • Graphics are usually statistical illustrations, in black-and-white Examples: • Academy of Management Journal
