Below are some reasons
why journals are the most important form of scientific publication.
- Journals are so critical
to science because scientific research moves forward
by building upon the research which has been performed by other scientists.
- Therefore, it is very
important that new discoveries are made known to the scientific community.
- For example, when a
chemist publishes an article in the Canadian
Journal of Chemistry, he/she is contributing
to the greater body of chemical knowledge.
- Other chemists will
be able to read the research findings contained in the published article
and then apply this new knowledge to their
research.
- Therefore, a chemist
who publishes a journal article has two very important goals in mind:
- The first goal is
to be first when it comes to publishing a new scientific discovery.
- The second equally
important goal is to share this research with the rest of the scientific
community.
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