Scholarly Publishing: Choosing a Journal

Editorial Policies

Guide to Publishing with Elsevier
Publishes 2,451 science and health journals.
Publishing with SAGE Journals
SAGE publishes more than 560 journals, including those of more than 245 learned societies and institutions.
Publish with Taylor & Francis
With over 1,100 titles, Taylor & Francis is a world-leading publisher of academic journals.

Selecting a Journal

Factors to consider...

What is the quality of the journal? Quality is usually measured via the Journal Impact Factor.

I mpact Factors: Use and Abuse (Michael Mabe & Mayur Amin, 2000, Elsevier White paper)

If you are just starting to publish, you may want to submit to lower tier journals first to build your reputation.

Review the publisher's editorial policies for the following:

a. time it takes from submission to publication of an article.

b. policies on self-archiving and Open Access.

Serials Directory (in GALILEO)

Once the database loads, you may search by keyword (i.e. Business, Biology, Literature, Nursing) and then limit to peer-reviewed and active titles. The results will provide you with contact info for each journal. You can then link to the journal and check submission guidelines.

Journal Rankings

Other databases that have journal information include Ulrichsweb and Cabell's. If you have access to either of these through another institutional affiliation, they may be helpful.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank
This portal includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database. These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.

Retractions

Retraction Watch
Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers and on related topics.