A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: * Bullet journal, a method of personal organization * Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a daily record of financial transactions *

Logbook A logbook (or log book) is a record used to record states, events, or conditions applicable to complex machines or the personnel who operate them. Logbooks are commonly associated with the operation of aircraft, nuclear plants, particle accelera ...

, a record of events important to the operation of a vehicle, facility, or otherwise *

Record (disambiguation) A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, ...

* Transaction log, a chronological record of data processing *

Travel journal The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. In the early modern period ...

In publishing, ''journal'' can refer to various periodicals or serials: * Academic journal, an academic or scholarly periodical **

Scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

, an academic journal focusing on science **

Medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

, an academic journal focusing on medicine ** Law review, a professional journal focusing on legal interpretation *

Magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

, non-academic or scholarly periodicals in general ** Trade magazine, a magazine of interest to those of a particular profession or trade **

Literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

, a magazine devoted to literature in a broad sense * Newspaper, a periodical covering general news and current events in politics, business, sports and art ** Gazette, a type of newspaper, often a newspaper of record ** Government gazette, a government newspaper which publishes public or legal notices Journal may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Journal'' (Canadian TV series), a 1977 Canadian short film television series * ''Journal'' (German TV programme), a 1992–2015 German news programme that aired on Deutsche Welle * ''Journals'' (album), 2013 album by Justin Bieber * ''Journals'' (Cobain), 2002 collection by Kurt Cobain *''Journal'', an autobiographical work by Charles Du Bos published from 1946 to 1961

Other uses

* Journal (mechanical device), the section of a shaft that turns in a bearing * Journal entry, an accounting transaction in the double-entry bookkeeping system * Journal Peaks, Palmer Land, Antarctica

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