Articles may be peer-reviewed or refereed. Articles are not peer-reviewed. Journal title lacks such terms. Journal cover and pages tend to be plain in design, without advertisements. Non-text elements may be limited to charts, graphs, and tables showing numerical data Journal tends to include advertisements, graphics, color photos, etc.
Issues tend to be successively numbered.
Each issue tends to begin with page 1 Articles tend to be longer. Articles tend to be shorter, some only 1-2 pages.