LibGuides: Research and Scholarship: Publishing

With thousands of journals at our fingertips, finding the most suitable journal might sometimes seem difficult. This short introductory video, created by the Think, Check, Submit non-profit organization, will help to clarify things a bit.

While maximizing research impact is important, it is not the only factor. Focus your journal search by answering the following questions:

What journals are published in your field?
What journals do you read?
Who publishes the journals?
Who are the most important authors that address issues similar to what you write about?
Where do they publish their work?
Bibliographies and article reference lists are helpful.
- Do you notice multiple articles from the same journal in your reference list?
- Since your article builds upon research published in that journal, consider contacting them to see if they would be interested in your work.
To search for a topic in the EBSCO or ProQuest databases, look for options on the left side of the page, such as "Publication" or "Publication Title." Click on these options, and a list of published journals related to your topic will appear. You can review the journals and, if appropriate, add them to your list of potential titles.
Talk to your colleagues for recommendations or look up Touro Scholar to see where they publish their research.

The journal finder tools below can help you pick a journal. These resources cover journals from different disciplines from a wide variety of publishers. Some are traditional journals and some are open access. Be aware that each publisher limits the journals to their databases. Hover over the tiny i for more information.

BMJ Hybrid Journals
Browzine
NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases Be aware that predatory journals have leaked into the PubMed and PMC databases. The reason is that "MEDLINE and PubMed have different policies for journal selection, which means that just over 5600 journals are indexed in the former and about 30 000 are indexed in the latter (as of March 2018). The decision on whether to index a journal in MEDLINE is made by the Director of the National Library of Medicine based on quality and policy considerations that are set by the Board of Regents of the library. The strict processes and criteria outlined above for a journal’s inclusion in MEDLINE are not mandatory for inclusion in PubMed and PubMed Central. Although open access journals and publishers indexed in MEDLINE are retrievable in the Directory of Open Access Journals and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, a worrying number of those indexed by PubMed are not listed in either directory, because PubMed policies for journal selection are less strict. As a result, PubMed may well include journals that either did not apply for MEDLINE indexing, or did apply but did not satisfy minimum criteria for inclusion." (Source:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148641/)
ProQuest
Scopus

OA journals with no fee

Predatory Journals are no joke. Look out for the following red flags:

Overly flattering solicitations to submit articles or guest edit
Lack of contact information for the journal
Lack of evidence of the editor's expertise or professional standing
The promise of unusually short submission-to-publication times (such as a month or less)
Avoid making Google searches, such as "fast review journal"; "journal fast review process", etc.
Journal name that sounds vague (e.g., “The Journal of Care”) or is overly similar to that of a well-known journal
To find more detailed information on Predatory journals and conferences, go to the Open Access section of this guide
Check out the resources below for a list to legitimate and predatory journals:

Research and Scholarship

ORCID

ORCID--Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Managing Your Research and References

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors