LibGuides: Academic Publishing: Publishing in Journals

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Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

Identifying Journals to Publish Your Work

When looking for a journal in which to publish, consider the following:

Are you or your colleagues familiar with the journal
- what is the reputation of the journal
- who is the publisher
- do you recognize members on the editorial board
- can you easily identify and contact the publisher
Do the subjects published in this journal match your research
Does the journal specify:
- peer review process
- what fees may be charged and why
Is the journal open access
Does the journal have an ISSN
Is it indexed in reputable periodical or journal indices
What are the journal's copyright policies

Library Databases to Find Journals

Cabells This link opens in a new window
Bentley Library Subscription: Cabell's Directories provides information on publishing opportunities in Business, Education, Psychology and Computer Science. Cabell's provides authors and researchers with contact information, submission guidelines, readership, manuscript styles, acceptance rates, and review types. Search indexes include topic area and acceptance rate.

JournalGuide
JournalGuide is a free tool created by a group of software developers, former researchers, and scholarly publishing veterans at Research Square. Search, filter, sort, and compare papers, journals, and publishers from more than 46,000 titles.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) allows users to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings indexed in the Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes.
MEDLINE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Bentley Library Subscription: MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE enables users to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. Entries detail publication scope, frequency of publication, submission guidelines, peer review, and statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Bentley Library Subscription: Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 900 subject areas in 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types. Ulrich's records provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, ordering details, subscription price, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.
Web of Science (Core Collection) This link opens in a new window
Bentley Library Subscription: Web of Science (Core Collection) provides citations for scholarly articles from over 20,000 worldwide journals (including Open Access journals) in over 250 science, social sciences, and humanities disciplines.

Academic Publishing

Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ

SHERPA/RoMEO

Think. Check. Submit.

Identifying Journals to Publish Your Work

When looking for a journal in which to publish, consider the following:

Library Databases to Find Journals