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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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