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Subject: getting things together

Author:
Angelina

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Date Posted: 07:17:03 08/13/10 Fri

Ok girls, I think it�s more than time to put things together trying to launch into final paper�.I�ve put some pieces together ( not everything, lack of time) so that we see what to add, change etc�ok?

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�.
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 , before being published.
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.

How does it differ from other common written media where one can also find scientific, specialized and discipline-specific information, such as newspapers, newsletters and magazines?
In refereed journals the writers have their articles examined by their equals before publishing them in order to ensure high quality information what doesn�t necessarily happen in common written media.
Refereed journals are written by specialists in the field and have as audience scholars, specialists, and students. On the other hand, printed media are generally written by professional journalists, not necessarily specialists in the field and they have general public as audience.
Also the contents are different, in common media we have popular topics, current affairs, general discussion, editorial opinion, graphics, photographs, advertisements and usually no bibliography or list of sources. In refereed journals we have research results, frequently theoretical in nature; detailed examination; statistical analysis; graphics and bibliography is usually included.
Journals are often produced by the academic community and may be difficult to comprehend because of the theoretical language. They are supposed to present neutral points of view and may have a more scholarly appearance comparing to common media that have a graphic look and can be easily understood by laypeople.

The Reading Matrix

The Reading Matrix is �a peer-reviewed professional journal with an editorial board of scholars in the field of second language acquisition and applied linguistics.�
Despite being The Reading Matrix an online journal that focuses on the second language acquisition issues, it can be considered a good example of refereed journal because it has all the characteristics of one : the articles published on it are peer-reviewed by scholars in the field.

Researchers interested in publishing in refereed journals should first learn the submission guidelines of the journal of their interest. In general, a submission guideline has all information and rules to publish articles.
The common rules usually are:
1) be unpublished manuscripts;
2) be of a relevant topic related to the subject and issues in the field of the journal;
3) be focused and written clearly to make it accessible to a large audience including those who are �not familiar with the particular subject matter addressed in the article� and the vocabulary;
4) obey the minimum and maximum length for the article and the abstract;
5) if possible, send it in electronic format and hyperlinks, hypermedia links to multimedia material.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: getting things together	Tatiana Miranda	10:43:36 08/13/10 Fri