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journal Definition

jour·nal (jʉr′nəl)

noun

  1. a daily record of happenings, as a diary
  2. a record of the transactions of a legislature, club, etc.
  3. a daily newspaper: often used in newspaper titles
  4. any newspaper or periodical, as one dealing with scientific or professional matters
  5. Bookkeeping
    1. daybook
    2. a book of original entry, used in the double-entry system, for recording all transactions, in the order in which they occur, with an indication of the special accounts to which they belong

  6. Etymology: orig. Scot

    Mech. the part of a rotary axle or shaft that turns in a bearing

Etymology: ME, book containing forms of worship for the day hours (Little Hours) < OFr, lit., daily < L diurnalis < dies, day (see deity): journalsense prob. via It giornale, of same orig.

journal Synonyms

journal

n.

  1. A daily record

    diary, account, record, memoir, jottings, reminiscence, contemporary account, almanac, annual, chronology, log, daybook, commonplace book, chronicle, yearbook, annals, register, calendar, datebook, notes, minutes, transactions, observations, album, scrapbook, notebook, memento, reminder; see also record 1.

  2. A periodical

    publication, magazine, review, organ, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, daily; see also magazine 2, newspaper.

journal Usage Examples

Possessives

elibrary: Certain databases do, however, link through to the eLibrary's electronic journals.

Converse of object

  • referee: I am the Chief Editor of Ocean Modeling, an online refereed journal at Elsevier Press.
  • publish: DPP publishes a free online journal six times per year.
  • devote: Planning and Markets - electronic journal devoted to comparing the merits of planned interventions and market solutions.
  • edit: The School currently edits 11 international journals, including two established by Lancaster.

Adjective modifier

  • peer-reviewed: She has published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals.
  • electronic: The database also links records to electronic journals where possible.
  • quarterly: Quarterly journal, gut reaction covers a wide variety of topics relating to IBS.
  • scholarly: We publish a scholarly journal, the British Journal of Ethnomusicology.
  • scientific: It ranges from current topics to detailed articles found in scientific journals.
  • academic: The full texts of articles from most academic journals are not there, nor are most current books.

Modifies a noun

  • article: The database can be searched or journal articles may be browsed by issue.
  • title: You can search for these by journal title or keyword, or browse within a subject area.
  • subscription: These universities tend to have rich electronic journal subscriptions.
  • publisher: It is also worth using the commercial journal publishers own contents page services.
  • entry: The teacher shares the family journal entries in class.

Noun used with modifier

  • full-text: Language and Literature ) Online access to 120 full-text journals up to 2003.
  • quot: Women of corresponding inconsistent with the model quot journal chose the renewal plan.
  • print: The database allows journals to be searched or browsed like a print journal.
  • science: Current examples of the latter proposition are taken from recent issues of leading social science journals.