Selected List of Professional Journals

Professional journals are compilations of peer-reviewed articles about original topics and research pertaining to a specific field. Professional journals can also include news and new technology related to the field. For a journal to be considered professional, the articles contained in the journal must be peer-reviewed by other scholars in the field to maintain a high-level of professionalism, standards, and validity for the field. Contributing to professional journals not only benefits you but also the profession and your peers. Sharing the wealth of knowledge and experiences, good and bad, through the use of professional journals also brings validity to the information shared and can provide a community of support.  Through a community of support, best practices can also emerge and be available to those directly and indirectly related to the profession. Journals that are particularly useful for technical communicators include: