Biological Sciences Journals General Biology

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[edit] General Journals and Magazines

[edit] News, Reports, Readable Articles

American Scientist
News of current research with references to original scientific articles.
Bioscience
Secondary literature in the form of articles. Reports and news.
Journal of Irreproducible Results
Understand scholarly literature by reading this sendup. Unfortunately only available in print.
New Scientist
Science news, sometimes with obvious political viewpoint.
Scientific American
Reports from around the world. Essays on important topics. High-quality secondary, rather than primary, literature. The electronic versions do not include the beautiful illustrations of the print.

[edit] Education

Science education journals often contain clear explanations of concepts and processes of current interest.
American Biology Teacher
Clear, usually short articles and essays. Few articles use the scientific method.
Journal of Biological Education
Readable articles, including secondary literature essays on important biological sciences topics.

[edit] History of Science and Medicine

Endeavour
History of science articles. Highly readable. Emphasizes biological sciences and medicine. Note the British spelling of the title.
Interciencia
Spanish and English articles on science, technology and the history of science. Emphasizes Latin America and the Caribbean.
Journal of Biosciences
Check out the "What History Tells Us" articles to understand the development of various concepts. Also has research articles.

[edit] Scholarly Articles Using the Scientific Method

American Journal of Human Biology
Scholarly articles
Annals of Human Biology
Scholarly articles; essays
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Scholarly articles emphasizing science's contribution to the health of individuals, groups, and the planet.
Human Biology
Population biology and genetics. Largely scholarly articles.
Nature
The premier science journal.
Science
The premier US science journal.

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