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Periodical literature
Periodical literature (also called a periodical publication
or simply a periodical) is a category of serial publications that
appear in a new edition on a regular schedule.[1] The most
familiar example is the magazine, typically published weekly,
monthly, or quarterly. Other examples of periodicals are
newsletters, academic journals and yearbooks.[1] Newspapers,
often published daily or weekly, are, strictly speaking, a separate
category of serial.[2][3]

Contents
Volumes and issues
Frequency
Popular and scholarly
The cover of an issue of the open-
Indefinite vs. part-publication
access journal PLOS Biology,
Standard numbers published monthly by the Public
Distribution Library of Science

See also
References
External links

Volumes and issues

Perodicals are typically published and referenced by volume and issue (also known as issue number
or number). Volume typically refers to the number of years the publication has been circulated, and
issue refers to how many times that periodical has been published during that year. For example, the
April 2011 publication of a monthly magazine first published in 2002 would be listed as, "volume 10,
issue 4". Roman numerals are sometimes used in reference to the volume number.[1]

When citing a work in a periodical, there are standardized formats such as The Chicago Manual of
Style. In the latest edition of this style, a work with volume number 17 and issue number 3 may be
written as follows:

James M. Heilman, and Andrew G. West. "Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership,
Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language." Journal of Medical Internet Research 17, no.
3 (2015). doi:10.2196/jmir.4069.

Sometimes, periodicals are numbered in absolute numbers instead of volume-relative numbers,

typically since the start of the publication. In rare cases, periodicals even provide both: a relative
issue number and an absolute number.[4] There is no universal standard for indicating absolute
numbers, but often a '#' is used.

The first issue of a periodical is sometimes also called a premiere issue or charter issue.[5] The first
issue may be preceded by dummy or zero issues. A last issue is sometimes called the final issue.[6]

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Frequency

Periodicals are often characterized by their period (or frequency) of publication.[7][8] This
information often helps librarian make decisions about whether or not to include certain periodicals
in their collection.[9] It also helps scholars decide which journal to submit their paper to.[10]

Period Meaning Frequency

Quinquennially Once per 5 years 1⁄ per year

5

Quadriennially Once per 4 years 1⁄ per year

4

Triennially Once per 3 years 1⁄ per year

3

Biennially Once per 2 years 1⁄ per year

2

Annually Once per year 1 per year

Semiannually, Biannually Twice per year 2 per year
Triannually Thrice per year 3 per year
Quarterly Every quarter 4 per year
Bimonthly Every 2 months 6 per year
Semi-quarterly Twice per quarter 8 per year
Monthly Every month 12 per year
Semi-monthly Twice per month 24 per year
Biweekly, Fortnightly Every two weeks 26 per year
Weekly Every week 52 per year
Semi-weekly Twice per week 104 per year
Daily Once per business day Varies

Popular and scholarly

Periodicals are often classified as either popular or scholarly.
Popular periodicals are usually magazines (e.g., Ebony and
Esquire). Scholarly journals are most commonly found in
libraries and databases. Examples are The Journal of Psychology
and the Journal of Social Work.

Trade magazines are also examples of periodicals. They are

written for an audience of professionals in the world. As of the
early 1990s, there were over 6,000 academic, business, scientific,
technical, and trade publications in the United States alone.[12]

Indefinite vs. part-publication

These examples are related to the idea of an indefinitely
continuing cycle of production and publication: magazines plan
to continue publishing, not to stop after a predetermined number
of editions. A novel, in contrast, might be published in monthly Cover of Science in School
parts, a method revived after the success of The Pickwick Papers magazine[11]
by Charles Dickens.[13] This approach is called part-

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publication, particularly when each part is from a whole work, or a serial, for example in comic
books. It flourished during the nineteenth century, for example with Abraham John Valpy's Delphin
Classics, and was not restricted to fiction.[14]

Standard numbers
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is to serial publications (and by extension,
periodicals) what the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is to books: a standardized
reference number.

Distribution
Postal services often carry periodicals at a preferential rate; for example, Second Class Mail in the
United States only applies to publications issued at least quarterly.[15]

See also
Partwork

References
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Library and Information Science. ABC-Clio. 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
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