An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and discussion of research. They nearly universally require peer review or other scrutiny from contemporaries competent and established in their respective fields. Content typically takes the form of articles presenting original research, review articles, or book reviews. The purpose of an academic journal, according to Henry Oldenburg, is to give researchers a venue to "impart their knowledge to one another, and contribute what they can to the Grand design of improving natural knowledge, and perfecting all Philosophical Arts, and Sciences."
Scientific literature comprises academic papers that report original empirical and theoretical work in the natural and social sciences. Within a field of research, relevant papers are often referred to as "the literature". Academic publishing is the process of contributing the results of one's research into the literature, which often requires a peer-review process.
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield in Philadelphia in 1956. ISI offered scientometric and bibliographic database services. Its specialty was citation indexing and analysis, a field pioneered by Garfield.
The Journal of Asian Studies, the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, is the most authoritative and prestigious peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Asian studies. With an acceptance rate of approximately 6%, it upholds rigorous standards in the evaluation and publication of scholarly research. Each issue of the Journal of Asian Studies circulates over 8,200 copies, reaching a readership across the academic community and beyond.
The Web of Science is a paid-access platform that provides access to multiple databases that provide reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents in various academic disciplines. Until 1997, it was originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information. It is currently owned by Clarivate.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. It covers all aspects of designing optimal structures in stressed systems as well as multidisciplinary optimization techniques when one of the disciplines deals with structures or fluids. The journal's scope ranges from the mathematical foundations of the field to algorithm and software development with benchmark studies to practical applications and case studies in structural, aero-space, mechanical, civil, chemical, and naval engineering. Closely related fields such as computer-aided design and manufacturing, reliability analysis, artificial intelligence, system identification and modeling, inverse processes, computer simulation, and active control of structures are covered when the topic is relevant to optimization. The current editor-in-chief since 2015 is Raphael T. Haftka since the passage of the founding editor George I. N. Rozvany.
The Journal of Elastomers and Plastics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers materials science of elastomers and plastics. The editor-in-chief is Heshmat A. Aglan. It was established in 1969 as the Journal of Elastoplastics, obtaining its current name in 1974. The journal is published by SAGE Publications.
The Journal of Fire Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the fields of engineering and materials science as applied to fire prevention. The editor-in-chief is Alexander B. Morgan. It was established in 1983 and is published by SAGE Publications.
Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Materials Science. The journal's editor is Jack R. Vinson. It has been in publication since 1999 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Materials Science. The journal's editor is John W. Gillespie Jr.. It has been in publication since 1988 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Mathematics & Mechanics of Solids is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of Mechanics and Mathematics. The journal's editor is David J Steigmann. It has been in publication since 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Progress in Physical Geography is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of Geosciences, multidisciplinary and physical geography. The journal's editors are Nicholas Clifford and George Malanson. It has been in publication since 1977 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
The Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the usage and design of materials for application in engineering. The journal was established in 1999 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Prosthetics and Orthotics International is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of orthopedics. The journal's editor-in-chief is Dr. David Boone. It has been in publication since 1977 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.
The Holocene is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in the field of environmental studies, in particular environmental change over the last c. 11,500 years, particularly the interface between the long Quaternary record and the natural and human-induced environmental processes operating at the Earth's surface today. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is John A. Matthews.
The International Journal of Damage Mechanics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of engineering and materials science. The editor-in-chief is Chi L. Chow. It was established in 1992 and is published by SAGE Publications.
Child Maltreatment is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of psychology, family studies and social work. It has been in publication since 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS became editor in chief in 2021.
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters (ESL) was a peer-reviewed scientific journal that began publication in 1998 as a joint publication of the Electrochemical Society and the IEEE Electron Devices Society. The final issue was published in 2012. The journal is now preserved as an archive, and has been replaced by ECS Electrochemistry Letters and ECS Solid State Letters.
The IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering advances in the development of technologies for supporting human learning. It was established in 2008 and is published by the IEEE Education Society. The current editor-in-chief is Minjuan Wang of San Diego State University. Formerly, the journal was edited by Mark J.W. Lee of the Charles Sturt University (2019-2022), Wolfgang Nejdl of the University of Hannover (2008–2012), and by Peter Brusilovsky of the University of Pittsburgh (2013–2018).
Progress in Aerospace Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all areas of aerospace and aerospace engineering. It covers all areas of aerospace and aerospace engineering, particularly with respect to new theoretical and experimental developments and their applications in research, industry, and university. The journal aims to serve as a general-purpose aerospace journal, condensing the ever-expanding, increasingly multidisciplinary field of aerospace into one publication. The journal is intended for a broad readership - generally anyone either active or simply interested in the aerospace field. The editors-in-chief are K.J. Badcock and M.F. Platzer. It was established in 1961 and is published by Elsevier. Originally the journal published articles written in English, French, and German, but since 1972 it has been published entirely in English.
