A professional magazine or professional journal is a periodical published by the governing body of a profession.[1][2] The standard of quality of such a periodical may be similar to that of a scholarly publication.[1]
A professional journal is said to be one which is "published by the profession and for the profession", which cannot be charged with being dominated by trade,[3] and which "serves a higher and therefore a better use" than a so-called trade journal "by printing in an unbiased way the subject matter".[4]
References
12"Professional Magazines or Journals" in Professional/Trade Journals. Piedmont College, Library.
↑Allan Lytel. "The Professional Journal" in Technical Writing as a Profession. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1959. Page 48. Google Books
↑(1912) 7 The Journal of the Allied Societies 160 Google Books
