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::I wouldn't go quite that far. National Geographic's online masthead characterizes it as a magazine, not a journal; their style guide refers to the publication as "a magazine," or, "the magazine," etc. Insofar as it is a journal in the vernacular, it is just the journal of the National Geographic Society--not a scientific (=research) journal. Their articles are vetted by editors, not by masked review. Sometimes that has come back to bite them--look at the recent chicken dinosaur from China.
::I wouldn't go quite that far. National Geographic's online masthead characterizes it as a magazine, not a journal; their style guide refers to the publication as "a magazine," or, "the magazine," etc. Insofar as it is a journal in the vernacular, it is just the journal of the National Geographic Society--not a scientific (=research) journal. Their articles are vetted by editors, not by masked review. Sometimes that has come back to bite them--look at the recent chicken dinosaur from China.
::That said, I still think National Geographic is a more scholarly, reliable, authoritative source than many cited on this site.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 13:07, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
::That said, I still think National Geographic is a more scholarly, reliable, authoritative source than many cited on this site.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 13:07, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
:::National Geographic is about on a par with Popular Mechanics, but it lacks the academic standards of ''Scientific American''. We need an article on [[scientific methodology]]. We also need articles on [[Peer review]], [[Academic standards]], [[Junk science]] and so on. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:51, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
::So do you think it's fair to revert it, MiddleMan?-'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 12:55, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
::So do you think it's fair to revert it, MiddleMan?-'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 12:55, 28 April 2007 (EDT)