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Subject: WHAT EXACTLY IS A REFEREED JOURNAL?

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Angelina

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Date Posted: 06:16:11 08/12/10 Thu

Ok friends, see if I got it right:
But what exactly is a refereed journal?
Refereed jounals are also called peer reviewed journals, and looking up the meaning of the word peer in a dictionary ( Webster�s) we come up with two definitions that can give us a base to understand better what exactly a peer reviewed journal is.
1-Peer: equal, one that is equal standing with another
2-Peer: to look searchingly at something difficult to discern.
Doing the same thing with the word review:
1-a critical inspection or examination.
So we have � equals examining, inspecting the work of equals�
That�s us here in this forum: every time one of us posts something the others will be examining, reviewing, proposing changes for better and Ricardo will be evaluating our work .
Therefore, peer reviewed journals are those whose articles or work are critically examined and evaluated by experts, i.e., by other people in the same field, in the same or higher ranking as the author(s) of the work.
Refereed journals are also considered scholarly because their articles are usually written by and addressed to experts in a discipline.
This review process that refereed journals go through results in high quality of the articles publication because showing work to others increase the probability that weaknesses and mistakes will be identified, improved and corrected.
So, friends, let�s peer review and be peer reviewed by one another, I�m sure we�ll enjoy it!!!
Angelina

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Re: WHAT EXACTLY IS A REFEREED JOURNAL?	Tatiana Helena Miranda	10:29:51 08/13/10 Fri