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Questions related to journals: how to select journals, the internal workings of journals, and the role that journals play in academic publishing. Note that we do not accept questions seeking journal recommendations.

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Why are journals used in modern scientific academic research?

I am new to research and I have yet to internalize the concept of journals and their utility in archiving scientific literature. … It is also open access and unlike open access journals it does not cost a fortune to publish a paper. My question is, why were journals used to begin with? Why are they used now? …
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