There have been several blog posts which discuss the content with detailed review of literature and insightful points. Why some people choose to spend so much time in writing a blog article when the same effort could be utilized for writing a review article?
To write a blog article, you don't get any credits to your publications. But as generally seen, many writers of blogs spend a lot of time in reviewing literature to get maximum audience by providing authentic information. Is a blog only meant for advertising and promotion purposes, specially if you are a researcher?
Under what conditions would you choose to write a blog post instead of a review article? Shouldn't blogs be also considered as publications?
Blog posts are publications, but are not double blind reviewed publications. Maybe they would qualify as "applied scholarly publications" but this will not have as much value for promotion and tenure.
Blog posts are publications, but are not double blind reviewed publications. Maybe they would qualify as "applied scholarly publications" but this will not have as much value for promotion and tenure.
Indeed, a blog does not carry with it a "tag" that it is meant to be scientific at all, and blogs are mostly simply diaries of quite varying quality, quite often full of opinionated statements. Such things are absolutely BANNED in scientific articles, where everything you claim need to be substantiated. So there really is not that much that connect blogs and scientific articles.
Just to illustrate this fact, just take a look at the incredible variety of blogs about politics, the arts, gardening, how to build the perfect bunker, etcetera - I would not call any of them scientific or scholarly at all.
Every thing stated above regarding Blogs is correct. I will add that the blog allows one to state his or her own opinion, with or without regards to the 'way' it is stated or accuracy of the opinion, or who's feelings are hurt. A review paper is peer reviewed scientific paper requires that the author state in a politically correct and professionally correct manner, how the information is not valid, incorrect, not suitable, has short comings etc. rather than state that the information being reviewed is not good or needs work etc.
Respectfully to all,
Jeanetta Mastron
Blogs provide an opportunity to validate the topic and check the feasibility of it among different contexts. Its more subjective than literature reviews.
Thank you everyone for providing valuable answers. A major part of my query has been answered that blogging is more about opinions and personal reflections rather than being professional work of any credibility or validity.
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