Publishing Resources: Choosing Journals for Publication

Ask these questions when choosing a journal for article submission:

• Relevance:
  • Is the journal relevant to your topic?
• Audience:
  • Do you or your colleagues know the journal?
  • Will your article be accessible to your desired audience (ie. open access)?
• Quality:
  • Is the journal clear about the type of peer review it uses?
• Transparency:
  • Can you easily identify and contact the publisher and identify all fees that will be charged?
  • Will your paper be indexed or archived and easily discoverable by relevant practitioners?
• Author Rights:
  • Does it state the author's rights and responsibilities?

More questions to ask before choosing a journal are available via THINK.CHECK.SUBMIT. 

Have an article you want to submit for publication?

Search for relevant and credible journals using these tools:

Want to publish in an open access journal? Check out these resources:

Predatory Journals and publishers charge fees to authors to publish their articles without providing standard editorial and publishing services that are practiced by legitimate scholarly journals.

Go to Warning Signs of Predatory Journals to identify and avoid predatory journals.

Also, avoid Predatory Conferences that utilize the same practices as predatory publishers.

Impact Factor: 

Impact factor is the measure of frequency that an article within a journal is cited with a year.

Use the tools below to see the Impact Factor of journals:

Controversy:

There are debates on whether or not Impact Factor is a useful measurement.

Read the articles below to understand both sides of the debate: