On Dec 16, 2003, at 1:04 AM, Rodney Butler wrote:

> It is generally understood that an 'academic journal is peer reviewed
> and
> referred' as opposed to a 'non-academic journal' which is not.

Yes, well-put.  I'm surprised I couldn't come up with that myself!

So, to go back to Karen's original question, I'm pretty sure Nature
would qualify as an "academic journal" while Newsweek clearly would
not.

Bruce