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Permalink Reply by Dr. Akhtar Hussain on November 26, 2010 at 20:35

A "magazine" is a periodical with a popular focus, i.e. aimed at the general public, and containing news, personal narratives, and opinion. Articles are often written by professional writers with or without expertise in the subject; they contain "secondary" discussion of events, usually with little documentation (e.g. footnotes). Magazines use vocabulary understandable to most people, and often have lots of eye-catching illustrations. Time, Newsweek, Outlook, and India Today are magazines.
A "journal" is a scholarly periodical aimed at specialists and researchers. Articles are generally written by experts in the subject, using more technical language. They contain original research, conclusions based on data, footnotes or endnotes, and often an abstract or bibliography. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, The Chaucer Review, The Milbank Quarterly, and Labor History are examples of journals.

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Permalink Reply by Parvez Ahmad on November 26, 2010 at 20:49

Dear Deepak
I am adding just little bit in our beloved Mr. Akhter's statement & am thankful to Akhter sir for nice explanation of both.
The basic aim of Magazine is commercial, and the articles are publish in same, not reviewed by any expert.
on the other hand in case of journal, the basic aim of Journal is to increase the research output in special field. the articles are publish in same, processed by a review committee.

thanks
pvz

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Permalink Reply by Vipin Panday on November 27, 2010 at 22:00

dear akhtar and parvez ji,
explained it very well.

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Permalink Reply by Jayshree Dave on November 28, 2010 at 17:39

A magazine is a periodical aimed at the general public, which contains news, opinion and personal narratives. Journals are scholarly periodicals aimed at researchers or specialists.

One can come across many differences between a journal and a magazine. Most people easily understand the articles in a magazine where as only those who know the subject that is being discussed understand the articles in a journal.

While a journal contains original research articles, magazines contain articles pertaining to current events or general interest topics. The articles in a journal contain an abstract and a bibliography. But a magazine article does not come up with abstracts and bibliographies. When journals contain elaborate write ups and provide in-depth knowledge of the topic, the articles in a magazine are brief and gives broad overviews of the topic written.

Coming to the publication, journals are published monthly or quarterly and magazines are published weekly or monthly.

When one compares the authors of a journal and a magazine, the former gives authors credentials and the later may or may not name the writer. Though a writer in a magazine could be a professional, he may or may not be an expert of the subject that he handles.

The language used in both the journal and magazine is also different. The language of journals is aimed mainly at the scholarly people with special terminology and jargons. A prior knowledge is required to understand the language used in journals. On the other hand, the language used in a magazine is understandable to every one. They are written in very simple language keeping in mind both the scholarly and the common man


Summary
1.A magazine is a periodical aimed at the general public and Journals are scholarly periodicals aimed at researchers or specialists.
2.A journal contains original research articles. But a magazine contains articles pertaining to current events or general interest topics.
3.Coming to the publication, journals are published monthly or quarterly and magazines are published weekly or monthly.

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Permalink Reply by yuvaraj on December 4, 2011 at 21:40

Journal Covers particular or specific  subject and magazines covers all areas like Education,  Entertainment, politics and others. 

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