Advertising supplements periodically accompany corresponding newspapers and are prepared by the paper's

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staff instead of its editorial staff. It is common for them to cover topics such as

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and

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s on behalf of the paper's frequent advertisers. Some supplements are

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from a newspaper. They are sold separately and typically cover a specific topic, such as the ''

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'' and the ''

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, some journals publish supplements, which often either cover an industry-funded conference or are "symposia" on a given topic. These supplements are often subsidized by an external sponsor. Such supplements can have guest editors, are often not peer-reviewed to the same standard as the journal itself, and are more likely to use promotional language. Many journals do not publish sponsored supplements. Small-circulation journals are more likely to publish supplements than large, high-prestige journals. Such supplements create

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