I am not convinced that good science is published only in the so-called 'high impact' journals. I like to publish in journals that have good review system and good publication policies. I also do not want to publish in payment-based journals.

Publishing a good paper needs good science- I would not like to distinguish between 'national' and 'international' journals or between 'low-impact' or 'high-impact' journals.You may see several of my articles (available on Researcgate) on these issues. As I said above, the journal should have good review system and good publication policies. In any case, hurrying does not help.

I am not convinced that good science is published only in the so-called 'high impact' journals. I like to publish in journals that have good review system and good publication policies. I also do not want to publish in payment-based journals.

Publishing a good paper needs good science- I would not like to distinguish between 'national' and 'international' journals or between 'low-impact' or 'high-impact' journals.You may see several of my articles (available on Researcgate) on these issues. As I said above, the journal should have good review system and good publication policies. In any case, hurrying does not help.

Great insight. Thank you for your insight. In my case, there is a need to fulfill quantity and quality which is difficult to cope at times when we get rejected especially with ISI journals.

I agree with Subhash view, Still you can collaborate with well known professor, institute in developed country for the purpose.

Researchers should concentrate on quality and not quantity. I believe high-citations for the author is a better means by which authors acknowledge the source of their methods and findings, and are often used as a good measure of a paper’s importance.

If you follow the rules in the standard general ie. springer, science direct, ijmms, scopus journals, then automatically enhance the quality of the paper.

Dear Chalamalla,

You are always at the top ranking.

Emad

Thank you all for your insightful response. Appreciate your contributions.

Dear Chalamalla Srinivas 

Thank you very much for this useful information.

I should point out that the so-called standard publishers too have some predatory or so-called open access journals (where authors pay and may publish nearly anything) on lists. Therefore, simply going by the publisher's name does not guarantee quality. As an editor associated with a few journals, I know well that the quality of the journal depends largely and primarily upon the quality of manuscripts submitted by prospective authors and then by the publication policies that can attract authors to submit 'good' papers. 

Most of the metrics that are commonly used for assessing individuals or institutions have commercial interests at their base and are grossly inadequate and often mis-used. The quality of one's research is best judged by reading and understanding rather than by counting of some vaguely- or even wrongly-derived numbers.

Dear Malini,

This article is really nice, very helpful:

http://thesishub.org/rules-of-thumb-for-writing-research-articles/

In order to publish successfully, I would advise choosing a journal carefully, reading some of the papers already published, and checking the guide for authors. If the submission does not fall within the scope of the journal, it will be rejected in a matter of days.

I like Teaching and Teacher Education's guide for authors, it contains a lot of very good advice on how to prepare a manuscript: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/teaching-and-teacher-education/0742-051x/guide-for-authors

I do not recommend to submit an article to a journal that accepts submissions very quickly, it is not a good sign of quality.

Best,

Bernard

I agree with Bernard Montoneri that they key thing is to study the journal(s) that you have in mind. In particular, look for articles that you can use as "model.s" The closer your submission is to the things the journal already publishes, the better your chances will be.

Other things that I tell my own students include:

• Be sure to have a strong "statement of your purposes in the introductory section, so that reviewers will have a clear idea what your article is about.

• Keep your literature review short and tightly focused on your research question. The reviewers will already know the literature well, and will be frustrated if you go into unnecessary detail.

• Be sure to include recommendations for future research. If the reviewers like your work, they will interested in its implications for further work in your field.

I agree With Dr David

but for me as I am still in the beginning of research, I think every research area have different aspects for example for chemistry every day you got new researches and different patents and for that you should have many precautions as follow:

1- define your research topic and be sure it is new and no many articles work about it and you have to be sure about the novelty of your topic

2- define the journals or the journal you need to publish with it

3- download the guidelines and model articles from this journal and read it carefully

4- I suggested to start writing review article in the beginning so you will get a great knowledge and many hours of searching and reading.

5- finally , if you want to publish a research article in high impact journal you should know at least 80% of your research is new and will have a new impact on this area of research.

Kind Regrads

Hi all,

Appreciate all your pointers! Thank you very much for your brilliant suggestions.

Regards

From my side I will give only one suggestion, better following free journals and high strengthen papers in that journals.

Hi Goli,

Thanks and Yes, we all look forward to journals that don't have a fee but unfortunately high impact journals in Malaysia too have come up with  an exorbitant fee  which cripples our affordability.

Regards

Yes the first step is to choose the suitable journal, them ready the paper already published there. Them see what the previews author didnt achieve.

First of all select a good indexed journal to publish your work. Every journal have a page showing the scope of the journal.

Your article should be an orginal work,with no language errors. Most of the journals give you a format for preparation of manuscript,follow them. Add references to papers published with in 3years. It is better to add atleast two of them from the journal you wish to send the article. Finally check for  plagiarism,keep it minimum. 

Best regards,

Rohith

For writing effective papers for high impact journals please visit the following link:

http://www.culhamlab.com/how-to-write-a-journal-article/

Dear C Srinivas,

I think it is a good approach to add more recent references because,

It shows that the submited article is from an active area of research. In addition, as we know, impact factor is calculated based on last two years citations. So editors prefer new references.

Thanks.

Dear

Check following papers.

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileyblackwell/images/2WritingGreatPapersinIntlJournals.pdf

https://www.google.fr/?gws_rd=ssl#q=How+write+paper+for+high+impact+journals&*

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351979714000838

http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/15745/what-are-the-super-cool-tricks-to-getting-published-in-high-impact-journals

http://www.smartsciencecareer.com/increase-the-impact-factor-of-your-publication/

https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-research/research-staff/the-best-of-the-research-staff-blog/8-tips-to-publish-high-impact

Dear C Srinivas,

I agree with your points, however, my intension is just to clarify my earlier point,about latest references. Papers 2 years old may be obsolute but previous works are necessary in literature review as we all know.

Again, I repeat, references to papers published within 3 years are encouraged. From the journals point of view it will increase their impact factor. Many journals recomment us to add their own latest references, this will also indicate that our work is within the scope of the journal, topic of research is current and live and also improves their impact factor.

Thanks.

Rohith

Sorry srinivas, at present I have only some personal chats and edittor comments about this recent references. These comments are from elsevier. 

Let me check for published sources.

I think that innovation or discovery makes your paper able to be published in Nature or Science. For example a geologist from Pakistan described the extension of salt of Potwar area across the Main Boundary Thrust to Hazara area. That paper published in Nature in the decade of 70.

Appreciate all your pointers and hope we all get a bit of tips here and there for better opportunities of publication and improved writing standards.

Regards

Great Srinivas! Appreciate your suggestions. Thank you very much.

Regards

Thank you so much for sharing, your great scientific efforts are highly appreciated my colleague Dr. Chalamalla.

Regards, Emad

Cool@Srinivas

Thank you.

Dear Srinivas,

Appreciating the effort you have taken to make this discussion active.

Dear Srinivas,

Here is the source you requested. It is your own post.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/References_are_incomplete_or_very_old-How_many_years_is_very_old#58cf9cb4615e27bf443ae1bb

See what Dr. Han Ping Fung answered.

I fully agree with his answer.

Thanks for this forum, I understood that, for us, we should add few "recent references" published with in two years while writing papers.

Thanks,

Rohith

Is very interesting the discussion on this topic...

Here are my recommendations for a strong research paper.

Conference Paper Research Study Manuscript Outline

Appreciate your pointers Michael.

The first and foremost advice would be to strictly follow the author guidelines mentioned by the respective journal.