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1. What is a peer-reviewed journal? [1]

Peer-reviewed journals:

• Are a collection of scholarly articles.
• Use scholarly or technical language
• Include full citations for sources
• Are often refereed or peer-reviewed
• Are published regularly throughout the year.
• Have Volume(Vol.) and Issue Number(No.)

2. What is a journal article? [2]

Journal articles:

• Are written by and for faculty, researchers or scholars.
• are shorter than books and written about very specific topics.
• are reviewed by an editor and other specialists before being accepted for publication.

3. Types of journal article? [3]

Most articles published are one of the following types; Original Research, Review Articles, Short reports or Letters, Case Studies, Methodologies. Further Information

[1] “Popular vs. Scholarly tutorial,” University of Arizona Libraries, accessed April 12, 2019, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcHL97twKA-hLmw-CWCa6b4vAYxOFAxo58iA_ZILyy5ihpgg/viewform.
[2] “What is a journal article?,” SFU Library, accessed April 12, 2019, https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/what-journal-article.
[3] “Types of journal articles,” Springer Nature, accessed July 11, 2019, https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/authorandreviewertutorials/writing-a-journal-manuscript/types-of-journal-articles/10285504.

A review article provides an analysis of the state of research on a set of related research questions. Review articles often:

• summarize key research findings;
• reference must-read articles;
• describe current areas of agreement as well as controversies and debates;
• point out gaps in knowledge and unanswered questions;
• suggest directions for future research.

You can use a review article to get a better understanding of the existing research on a topic, to identify research questions you would like to explore, and to find relevant sources.

A review article’s bibliography often contains references to research articles that have made an impact on the field and advanced understanding of a research topic. Reading a review article can save you time and give you a more well-rounded and coherent understanding of your topic.

Shannon Caitlin, “Find and Use Review Articles,” UCLA Library, accessed April 12, 2019, https://uclalibrary.github.io/research-tips/review-articles/.

Various methods have been developed to evaluate academic journals and create journal rankings.

• Journal Citation Reports (JCR): provides journal performance metrics for evaluating and comparing scholarly journals in science and social sciences. Using citation data drawn from over 10,000 high-impact international journals, Journal Citation Reports offers a quantifiable statistical method for identifying the most important and influential journals in a field. JCR User Guide(ENG) JCR User Guide(KOR)SCIE Journal Search

• SCImago Journal Ranking: is a weighted metric. The freely accessible web site contains rankings of more than 20,000 journals from the Scopus, one of the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts & humanities.
•  ★Research Performance Analysis★

• Impact Factor: available in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and other citation analysis tools serve as indicators of the impact, or influence of a journal.  Though controversial, Impact Factors, which rank journals within a discipline, are extensively used in the sciences.
• The Journal Impact Factor identifies the frequency with which an average article from a journal is cited in a particular year. You can use this number to evaluate or compare a journal’s relative importance to others in the same field or see how frequently articles are cited to determine which journals may be better for your collection.

“Journal Citation Reports: Learn the Basics,” Clarivate Analytics, accessed April 12, 2019, http://clarivate.libguides.com/jcr/basics.

Here is a list of top journals in physics field, according to Impact Factor calculated by JCR 2018.

▶ Physics field includes: Astronomy & Astrophysics / Biophysics / Chemistry, Physical / Geochemistry & Geophysics / Optics / Physics, Applied / Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical / Physics, Condensed Matter / Physics, Fluid & Plasmas / Physics, Mathematical / Physics, Multidisciplinary / Physics, Nuclear / Physics, Particles & Fields

Open Access means unrestricted online access to peer-reviewed scholarly research.

Here is a list of some open access journals in material science field, from Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

• IOPscience Publishing Support
  – Author guidelines
  – Journals
• Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR)
• SCI Journal Search
• SCIE Journal Search

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