Editing Magazine (section)

==Term origin and definition==
===Origin===
The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{Transliteration|ar|makhāzin}} ({{lang|ar|مخازن}}), the [[broken plural]] of {{Transliteration|ar|makhzan}} ({{lang|ar|مخزن}}) meaning "depot, storehouse" (originally military storehouse); that comes to English via [[Middle French]] {{lang|frm|magasin}} and Italian {{lang|it|magazzino}}.<ref name="etymonline.com">{{Cite web |title=magazine {{!}} Origin and meaning of magazine |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813230843/https://www.etymonline.com/word/magazine |archive-date=13 August 2019 |access-date=2019-10-02 |website=Online Etymology Dictionary |language=en}}</ref> In its original sense, the word "magazine" referred to a storage space or device.<ref name="etymonline.com"/>

===Definitions===
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In the case of written publication, it refers to a collection of [[written work|written]] [[article (publishing)|article]]s; hence, magazine publications share the moniker with storage units for military equipment such as [[gunpowder magazine|gunpowder]], [[artillery magazine|artillery]] and [[firearm magazine]]s, and in French and Russian (adopted from the French, as {{lang|ru|магазин}}), [[retailer]]s such as [[department store]]s.<ref>{{Cite web | author = Merriam-Webster Staff | title=Magazine, n. |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427211822/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magazine |archive-date=27 April 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019 |work = [[Merriam-Webster.com]]}}</ref>

A distinction can be made between magazines and journals.{{clarify|date=January 2025}}{{according to whom|date=January 2025}} In the technical sense, a ''[[Academic journal|journal]]'' has continuous pagination throughout a volume;{{according to whom|date = January 2025}} thus, ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'', which starts each issue anew with page one, is a magazine, but the ''[[Journal of Business Communication]]'', which continues the same sequence of pagination throughout the coterminous year, is a journal.{{citation needed|date = January 2025}}

Another distinction regard peer-review,{{according to whom|date = January 2025}} although some professional or [[Trade magazine|trade publications]] are also [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]], for example the ''[[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants#External links|Journal of Accountancy]]''.{{citation needed|date = January 2025}}  Non-peer-reviewed academic or professional publications are generally ''professional magazines''.{{citation needed|date = January 2025}} That a publication calls itself a ''journal'' does not make it a journal in the technical sense; ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' is actually a [[newspaper]].{{citation needed|date = January 2025}}