Scholarly Publishing and Research Impact

Questions to Ask:

• What is the publisher's selection process?
• Does the subject matter of the journal match your scholarship? Do the types of articles and their length guidelines match your submission?
• Does the journal have an ISSN, and do articles have DOIs?
• Are you and your colleagues familiar with the journal? Look at its affiliation and publisher, it's editorial board and the authors who publish in it.
• Are articles peer-reviewed?
• Is the journal indexed in a service or database that you use?
• Who is the audience and what is the readership of the journal?
• What are the copyright implications?
• Are there options for open access?  If so, what are the associated article processing charges (APCs)

Think, Check, Submit:  A coalition of scholarly publishers and associations collaborated to create a shortlist for authors to use when evaluating a journal for placing their research.