Journal Academic Medical Published Noun ˈdʒɜːnl ˈdʒɜːrnl Scientific/An

• a scientific/an academic journal
• the british medical journal
• the journal of experimental psychology
• a trade/professional/specialist journal

journal

1. a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or profession
• a scientific/an academic journal
• the British Medical Journal
• the Journal of Experimental Psychology
• a trade/professional/specialist journal
• an online journal
• a journal article
• The results of the study are expected to be published in a peer-reviewed journal next month.

Extra Examples

• He founded a new literary journal in 1831.
• She subscribes to quite a few academic journals.
• The journal comes out five times a year.
• The paper was published in an obscure medical journal.
• the house journal of Southern Gas
2. used in the title of some newspapers
• the Wall Street Journal
3. a written record of the things you do, see, etc. every day
• COMPARE diary
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• He kept a journal of his travels across Asia.
• I'm keeping a food journal for a school science project.
• Her journal entry for that day describes a thunderstorm.

Extra Examples

• Lady Franklin kept a daily journal of the voyage.
• The Captain later published his journals.
• ‘I think we're being bugged’, he wrote in his journal.
• Queen Victoria's journal is regarded as an important historical record.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (originally denoting a book containing the appointed times of daily prayers): from Old French jurnal, from late Latin diurnalis, from Latin diurnus ‘daily’, from dies ‘day’.