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\u00a0Many think tanks publish print semi academic journals, which are either sent out to specific individuals and organizations or which offer a subscription to the general public. For example,\u00a0RAND<\/a>\u00b4s print magazine the\u00a0RAND Review<\/a>\u00a0is published three times a year and summarizes research undertaken by the organisation and is sent to over 10,000 leaders and policy makers such as members of the U.S. Congress, members of the military, foreign government officials, researchers, etc. They are also sent to several bookstores and public events around the United States. Additionally, they offer an online subscription upon request.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Cato Institute<\/a>\u00a0also publishes the\u00a0Cato Journal,<\/a>\u00a0which touches upon interdisciplinary topics of public policy and strives to have notable individuals on their contributor\u2019s list.<\/p>\n These types of publications always contain articles that are of particular interest to their target audience. For example,\u00a0FOCUS Magazine<\/a>, from the\u00a0Joint Centre for Political and Economic Studies<\/a>, features pieces on politics and economic and social concerns affecting the African \u2013 American population, as well as the rest of the country.\u00a0Resources for the Future<\/a>, a think tank on natural resource and environmental policymaking, publishes\u00a0Resources Magazine<\/a>, which the organisation freely distributes every three months to individuals and institutions upon request.<\/p>\n India’s\u00a0Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses<\/a>\u00a0has three journals:\u00a0Strategic Analysis<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of Defence Studies<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CBW Magazine<\/a>. Strategic Analysis has been in circulation since 1977, and is published bimonthly. It is also an open forum for those scholars and analysts interested in\u00a0national, regional and international security issues that have policy relevance for India. Articles are peer reviewed before included in the journal. The Journal of Defence Studies was created in 2008 to complement Strategic Analysis, and encourages research on defense by providing a platform for sharing new research findings and academic opinions. Scholars and analysts may send either analytical articles or book reviews. CBW Magazine, as its title tells us, is more in magazine format: it features a cover story in every issue, and its articles do not have to be peer reviewed. It focuses solely on chemical and biological weapons.<\/p>\n While most still offer print versions of their publications, more and more organisations and institutions, including think tanks, are now offering digital formats of their journals. These can be downloaded online in PDF form, read via an application on a smartphone, or designed to be read on a tablet or electronic book such as Amazon\u00b4s Kindle. These versions can either be free, such as the applications, or be of a lower cost than hard copies, both for the reader and the institution.<\/p>\n Apuntes, for example, is printed but there is a web portal for it, simple yet easy to use:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are also electronic newsletters, which are a fast and cost efficient way of letting your audience know about new research and publications, as well as current projects, events and general news.\u00a0Brookings<\/a>, the\u00a0Cato Institute<\/a>,\u00a0Chatham House<\/a>\u00a0and many others employ this form of communication, and they may be sent out on a weekly or monthly basis. The only catch is that your audience must provide their email address for these newsletters to be sent out.<\/p>\n Think tanks can also publish articles and promote research findings on platforms other than their own. One well known example of this is\u00a0VoxEU<\/a>, a policy portal set up by the\u00a0Centre for Economic Policy Research<\/a>\u00a0alonside several other national sites, which seeks to promote researched based analysis on economic and financial policy. Articles are approved by the Editorial Board before being put up on the site. Additionally, its partner sites provide their best articles in Spanish, French and Italian. VoxEU provides RSS feeds announcing new articles by topic and author, to which interested individuals and institutions can subscribe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"screen-shot-2012-08-29-at-08-42-31\"](\"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/screen-shot-2012-08-29-at-08-42-31.png\")
\u00a0The Wilson Quarterly<\/a>, from the\u00a0Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars<\/a>, is another such publication, but slightly less academic, filled with articles on current national and international news, op \u2013 eds and book and article reviews. As of 2012, it is only available in digital format.<\/p>\n![\"screen-shot-2012-08-29-at-08-45-03\"](\"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/screen-shot-2012-08-29-at-08-45-03.png\")
Several think tanks in developing countries also regularly publish semi academic journals. Universidad del Pacifico’s\u00a0Centro de Investigacion<\/a>\u00a0in Peru has a journal called\u00a0Apuntes<\/a>, printed every semester since 1973. Its purpose is to distribue and promote social science research beyond its own institution on economical, political and social issues that affect Peru and Latin America. Individuals who are interested may send their articles to Apuntes, where they will be externally reviewed by two experts and then approved by the Editorial Committee.<\/p>\nChannels of distribution<\/h2>\n
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