A professional magazine or professional journal is a

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published by the governing body of a

profession A profession is a field of work that has been successfully '' professionalized''. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, ''professionals'', who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by ...

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, Library. The standard of quality of such a periodical may be similar to that of a

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. A professional journal is said to be one which is "published by the profession and for the profession", which cannot be charged with being dominated by trade, and which "serves a higher and therefore a better use" than a so-called

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"by printing in an unbiased way the subject matter".(1912) 7 The Journal of the Allied Societies 279

References

*Philip Ward Burton
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Prentice-Hall. 1955. *Christine Nolen Taylor. Publishing the Professional Journal or Newsletter: An Editors Guide. American Dental Association. 1981
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