Professional magazine

A '''professional magazine''' or '''professional journal''' is a periodical published by the governing body of a profession.<ref name=Piedmont>"Professional Magazines or Journals" in [https://libguides.piedmont.edu/c.php?g=521332&p=3564565 Professional/Trade Journals]. Piedmont College, Library.</ref><ref>Allan Lytel. "The Professional Journal" in ''Technical Writing as a Profession''. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1959. Page 48. [https://books.google.com/books?id=i-5RAQAAMAAJ Google Books]</ref> The standard of quality of such a periodical may be similar to that of a scholarly publication.<ref name=Piedmont/>

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,<ref>(1912) 7 The Journal of the Allied Societies 160 [https://books.google.com/books?id=VY81AQAAMAAJ Google Books]</ref> 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".<ref>(1912) 7 The Journal of the Allied Societies 279</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *Philip Ward Burton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Dts9AAAAYAAJ Principles of Advertising]. Prentice-Hall. 1955. *Christine Nolen Taylor. Publishing the Professional Journal or Newsletter: An Editors Guide. American Dental Association. 1981. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9DFqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] *Klaus-Jürgen Evert (ed). "4609 Professional journal". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning. IFLA. Springer. Volume 1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FbRcEavj5uIC&pg=PA750 Page 750] *"Reports of Societies" [1854] Association Medical Journal (New Series, volume 2) [https://books.google.com/books?id=jBVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA201 201]

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