Journal
see Journals.
A journal is considered a periodical, that is, a serial publication in which parts (known as “issues”) are authored by various contributors. Each issue is numbered and constitutes part of a predetermined number of issues that completes a volume 1).
Journal quality
1)
Houghton B: Scientific Periodicals. Their Historical
Development, Characteristics and Control. Hamden, CT:
Linnet Books, 1975, pp 11–19