Are Cambridge journals peer-reviewed?

Cambridge Journals publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide range of subject areas, in print and online.

How can you tell if a journal is peer-reviewed?

You can type the name of the journal into any search engine and learn about the submission process to see if it is peer reviewed. Additionally, if you use the library search or a database to find articles, they will usually indicate if it is from a peer reviewed journal.

What is considered a peer reviewed journal?

Peer-reviewed (refereed or scholarly) journals - Articles are written by experts and are reviewed by several other experts in the field before the article is published in the journal in order to ensure the article's quality.

What are examples of peer-reviewed journals?

Are college journals peer-reviewed?

In a scholarly journal, articles submitted for publication are critically reviewed by other scholars (peers). These reviewers might reject the article, or require that the author make corrections before the manuscript is accepted for publication.

How do I become a peer reviewer?

Are there journals that are not peer-reviewed?

One other non-peer reviewed source is an article from a trade journal. Trade journals, also called trade publications, trade magazines or professional magazines, are magazines or newspapers whose target audience is people who work in a particular profession or industry.

Are there academic journals that are not peer-reviewed?

Although peer-reviewed journals are always scholarly in nature, scholarly journals are not always peer-reviewed. Scholarly journals are research focused, reporting results of original research and experimentation.

Is JSTOR peer-reviewed?

While the majority of journals collected in JSTOR are considered peer-reviewed publications, our archives also contain some specific primary source materials (such as some journals in the Ireland Collection and the 19th Century British Pamphlet Collection).

What is the difference between scholarly articles and peer-reviewed articles?

In short, “scholarly” means the article was written by an expert for an audience of other experts, researchers or students. “Peer-reviewed” takes it one step further and means the article was reviewed and critiqued by the author's peers who are experts in the same subject area.

What is the easiest way to find peer-reviewed journals?

The easiest way to find a peer-reviewed article is by using one of the Library's numerous databases. All of the Library's databases are listed in the Online Journals and Databases index. The databases are divided by name and discipline.

Is Elsevier a peer-reviewed journal?

All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.

Is Everything on PubMed peer-reviewed?

Most journals indexed for PubMed are peer-reviewed or refereed, but peer review criteria and reviewer or referee qualifications vary. Check a journal's editorial information or ask the publisher about policy for specific journal titles.

Can you trust peer-reviewed journals?

While there are a lot of factors to consider, finding out if the article is peer-reviewed can be a quick litmus test for credibility. However, just because a paper is published in a “peer-reviewed journal,” does not mean that the paper is completely fact-checked, unbiased, or correct.

Is everything on Springer peer-reviewed?

All research articles, and most other article types, published in Springer journals undergo peer review.

Is Oxford academic peer-reviewed?

Our open access publishing is rigorously peer-reviewed and upholds the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity.

What is the most reputable journal?

Where can I find peer-reviewed academic journals?

Go to the library. Ask the librarian if the library has online databases for journals and how to use the databases. In these databases, there should be a check box to get only peer reviewed works.

What is the oldest peer-reviewed journal?

The first academic journal was Journal des sçavans (January 1665), followed soon after by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (March 1665), and Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences (1666). The first fully peer-reviewed journal was Medical Essays and Observations (1733).

Is every journal article peer-reviewed?

Not every kind of article published in a peer reviewed journal is peer reviewed. Articles like editorials and book reviews do not go through the peer review process, but primary research articles do.

What is the difference between a refereed journal and a peer reviewed journal?

Peer-reviewed or refereed journals are among the most respected sources of academic information. Both words mean the same thing. Articles published in these journals are subjected to a strict approval process where experts on the subject review the article before it is accepted for publication.

Is it OK to use non peer-reviewed articles?

Most research papers can be written using only peer-reviewed journal articles as sources. However, for many topics it is possible to find a plethora of sources that have not been peer-reviewed but also discuss the topic. These may include articles in popular magazines or postings in blogs, forums, and other websites.

What does it mean if an article is not peer-reviewed?

Published peer-reviewed articles name their author(s) and provide details about how to verify the contents of the articles (such as footnotes and/or a list of “literature cited” or “references”). If the article does not name its author(s), it is not peer-reviewed.

How do you tell if a journal is peer-reviewed on PubMed?

Information found in PubMed that indicates it is "indexed by MEDLINE" is considered peer reviewed. Look for the phrase "indexed by MEDLINE" under the citation or abstract information. PubMed does not provide a search filter to limit to only peer reviewed articles.

Are Frontiers articles peer-reviewed?

Transparency and accountability

All articles we publish are peer-reviewed, and the names of the handling editor and reviewers are featured on the final publication.