What is a Technical Report?

“A technical report is a document written by a researcher detailing the results of a project and submitted to the sponsor of that project.”

They tend to possess the following characteristics:

  • technical reports may be published before the corresponding journal literature
  • content may be more detailed than the corresponding journal literature, although there may be less background information since the sponsor already knows it
  • technical reports are usually not peer reviewed unless the report is separately published as journal literature
  • classified and export controlled reports have restricted access.
  • obscure acronyms and codes are frequently used

Quoted from Georgia Tech Library’s Technical Reports Guide

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