ORCID iDs
If you publish, you should establish a unique author/researcher ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and ensures that your work is recognized by linking you to your professional activities. It is not tied to any institution or database and can follow you wherever your research takes you. Find out more.
What to consider when choosing a journal
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
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.
Journal Directories
- UlrichsWeb This link opens in a new windowUlrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals. Ulrich's records provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.
- Cabell's This link opens in a new windowProvides information about the journal's submission guidelines, acceptance rates, and review process.
- MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new windowThe MLA Directory of Periodicals, produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), provides detailed information on thousands of journals and book series in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, film, rhetoric and composition, and folklore. Entries cover publication details, contact information, submission requirements and editorial policies, subscription terms, electronic availability and advertising, and useful statistics such as circulation, average number of articles submitted and published, time from submission to decision, and time from decision to publication.
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access JournalsFree, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
Journal Rankings & Impact
- Eigenfactor.org"A searchable database of Eigenfactor® and Article Influence® scores from 1997 to 2015."
- SJR: Scimago Journal & Country RankSearch Journal Titles or Browse Journal Rankings by Subject Area and Country.
- Cabell'sUse Cabell's to help identify journals in your research area and determine which periodicals are most compatible with the style and content of your manuscipt.
- ERIH: European Reference Index for the HumanitiesERIH is developed by and for European-language researchers.
- Scopus CiteScore MetricsOffers:
CiteScore metric - the total number of citations / total items published over a 3 year span.
SJR metric - The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
SNIP Metric: Invented by Henk Moed the SNIP: Source Normalized Impact per Paper measures a journals contextual citation impact.
Journal Suggesters from Publishers
- JSTOR Text AnalyzerDrag and drop a copy of your article into the Text Analyzer and the tool will find similar content in JSTOR. You can then see which journals published similar articles.
- Jane (Journal Author/Name Estimator)Enter your title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in PubMed to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.
- Elsevier Journal FinderEnter title and abstract of your paper to easily find journals that could be best suited for publishing. JournalFinder uses smart search technology and field-of-research specific vocabularies to match your paper to scientific journals.
- IEEE Publication RecommenderFind the best match for your scholarly article.
Search 190+ periodicals and 1800+ conferences and compare critical points such as Impact Factor and Submission-To-Publication Time. - Springer Journal SuggesterSearch all Springer and BMC journals to find the most suitable journal for your manuscript.
Publisher Guides for Authors
- Springer Guide for AuthorsProduced by a single publisher this guide offers helpful advice about how to get published, manuscript preparation, and open access. Focus is on Springer publictions.
- Elsevier Journal AuthorsFocus is on how to publish in an Elsevier Journal. Match your Manuscript helps authors find the right Elsevier publication for their article manuscript.