input: [Type] Academic journal [Information] A journal is a collection of articles usually written by scholars in an academic or professional field. An editorial board reviews articles to decide whether they should be accepted. Articles in journals can cover very specific topics or narrow fields of research. [Examples] Journal of Communication The Historian Journal of the American Medical Association Lancet [Use] 
output: when doing scholarly research to find out what has been studied on your topic to find bibliographies that point to other relevant research