I will follow these steps:

1) look at the references i have cited in my article to find a list of journals

2) check the impact factor and response time (based on a few recently published article in each journal)

3) from the above list, i choose based on a balance between impact factor and response time.

You want a journal that has a high impact point between journals all over the world

Mr Maraqah,

Certainly. But the publications with high impact factors are often focused on narrower topics, not always near some of our articles.

I select a journal first of all because it is peer reviewed. I also select based on the subject matter I am publishing on.

Dear Alexandre Beluco: The following three factors:

1. Journal aims to suit my submission

2. Reputation in the chosen field

3. Time they take to review and publish

Mr Posinasetti,

An important requirement .... time to answer!

That is correct. There are some journals in my discipline which take almost two years or more from submission to publication which is too long to wait.

Of course the time to answer is a difficult parameter that is known only through hearsay or your own experience with that journal. It is difficult to know. The other two times to review and publish can be seen from the published papers in that journal.

The issue of response time is critical!

In fact, just by submitting an article is that if you can effectively know what the response time of a particular journal.

Dear Alexandre

1. Suitability of my research to a given jornal;

2. Impact factor of journals;

3. Editorial board of journals;

4. On-line submission and efficient peer-review process;

5. Time between submission and 1st reply from editors.

Um abraço,

JP

Prof.Nageswara Prof.Kamal and Joao described well.

It is good to chose a good refereed journal. But there are some important problems:

1. Response time

2. No charges per page.

3. Lately there are many editors in journal that refuse to referee papers because the journal is too expensive.

4. Impact factor and other similar measures, are very relative. There are very good journal s, especially in mathematics, which publish technically high papers, and because of that the readers are reduced to a small group. This does not mean tha the journal is bad, or the papers are not good.

Taking all these issues into account we should have "digital journals" which are fast, low cost, and usually have free access. Referees are not payed so the cost is minimal. We should all work towards such a situation.

Simply the quality, its establishment, citations.. No matter how long it may take but it should be worth enough

Some issues:

1)The journal must offer an online submission procedure, with the ScholarOne to be the best known until now

2)The journal has to be relative to the content of the paper and this is a problem when you write new things.

3)It is preferable for the journal not to belong to a "society", since that as more prestigious is the "name" then the desk rejection is higher ( it is for "members only publications", so why don't they write explicitly?)

4)If you are not a rich, take care of any kind of cost (be careful of the color images!) per page (If they sent you an email: "we accept any amount of donation...", run away... because if you don't pay, you will not be published)

5)The journal has to be at least of some years active, otherwise you have the danger to publish in a short life time one.

But the main issue is this:

*If you want to be published for sure, then you have to pay by some way, otherwise you are going to enjoy a safari of rejections...

(Personally I have decided not to pay and that' s the main reason for not having publications in formal journals, In another post I will submit the 'log file' of the 'reasons' for rejections... it is too funny!)

Happy Easter to the Christians!

First of all, the scope of the chosen journal is very important to be matched with the paper's topic. Secondly, journal should belong to one of the globally recognized publishers. One of the top requirements (according to Hashemite univ. regulations) is the journal's index. It must be ISI/Scopus, otherwise it is not accepted for any further promotions even if it's issued in Harvard, MIT and so on … and this is really odd.

The same applies to Portugal and certainly many other countries.

Another issue to consider is the intellectual conversation you want to enter into. So considering where other people in your field are having interesting academic discussions of your topic (or related topics) is one of the key things I look for. Incidentally, avoid any unsolicited email approaches which tend to be from less than reputable outlets.

I think the "EBSCOhost: Applied Science & Technology Source" is very strong and professional index. Adapted/ approved it at Jordanian universities would be very helpful.

Mr Drossos

Indeed, the impact factor is a very relative measure.

And some journals strive to have high impact factors and end up not honoring good articles that would be the focus of attention of restricted public.

First of all I search for title inclusion in journal's scope.

Then with considering the impact factor or journal's index, my focus of attention is acceptance decision period.

I will follow these steps:

1) look at the references i have cited in my article to find a list of journals

2) check the impact factor and response time (based on a few recently published article in each journal)

3) from the above list, i choose based on a balance between impact factor and response time.

There are impact factors for journals. Thompson index, Hazing's index and others. Depending on the university promotion decisions are based on the criteria. However, a scholar should always strive to publish in impact factor journals. No doubt, expectations are high in these journals.

For me, the choice of a journal to publish in is mostly determined by the interplay of two factors (listed in no particular order):

1) reputation of the journal in the scientific community (which covers inter alia impact factor, quality of the editorial board, etc.)

2) topical suitability which means:

a) the journal publishes the articles on the subject of the paper that one intends to submit there

AND

b) the journal is "on the radar" of the researchers who are active in the subject in question

Arthur, I agree. It would also depend on one's level of research maturity. A beginner is encouraged to publish in a journal according to one's quality of work. While it is desirable to publish in a high impact journal, a scholar's work may not have reached that level. I encourage my scholars to target both. Publication of work gives confidence and encourages a scholar to raise one' s bar.

When I do some work on a particular topic and I wish to publish it, then I look and select the Journal(s) in which more of the papers (related to that topic) were published {This is because: 1. That Journal will have subject experts/reviewers/editors related to the topic of research, and so I may expect strong comments for the improvement of the paper/article, 2. The authors who published their articles/papers will look into the Journal for further papers on the same topic, 3. The journal may have interest in publishing the articles/papers related to that topic because of available experts, and so on}.

The best journal for a manuscript is one that reaches the intended audience and is a good match for both content and quality. Researchers that select the right journal from the beginning will publish faster, saving months of time and frustrating rounds of rejection and revision.

Following factors can be considered in choosing the right journal

• Scope of study
• Target journal type (scope, focus, etc.)
• Urgency to publish
• Accessibility features (open access, print only, etc.)
• Type of article
• Significance of article in its field of specialty

There are Journal selection tools to help us choose the journal (please see the links) 

http://cofactorscience.com/journal-selector

http://www.enago.com/publication-support/201.htm

https://findmyjournal.com

https://www.journalguide.com

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

I take into consideration the following:

0. The journal must be inside the scope of the study

1. Is it indexed in Pubmed?

2. Is there an article procesing charge?

3. Is it open access?

4. Does it have an impact factor?

The reputation of the journal in the indexed one and is it open source or not. Then it is free of cost or not.

please see the following links:

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

For me, the following are important ones

1. Area of the research journal

2. Its impact factor

3. the fee for publication

I will follow these steps:

a) Response time

b) No charges per page

c) Reputation