Hi, you might find the following a useful source:

http://wiu.libguides.com/c.php?g=295612&p=1969681

Best, Rukhsana.

Perhaps the best way is to look at journal impact factors. This is a measure of the average number of citations taken from articles published in a journal. The impact factor provides a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It can also be used to see the relative impact of individual articles (In fact,I suspect this system is used by researchgate in some modification) for our measures of citations....but I may be wrong.  The impact factor of journals has long been used by researchers in determining where to send a manuscript for review and publication.  Look at the Institute for Scientific Information and the Journal Citation Reports.  One caveat is that most citation systems -- including the one mentioned above tend not to include journals until they have 5-8 years of a publication record...so hose journals may not be listed but may still be excellent journals.There are certainly some criticisms of impact factors.....from a number of sources but I find them beneficial.  I believe several other systems to determine valid journals also exist...especially  the  Thomson Reuters Index list of journals.....this also provides data on legitimate journals.

Another (very rough) guideline is to make sure that the journal and/or its publisher are NOT on the Beall's list ( https://scholarlyoa.com/ ).

Dear all thanks  for your information 

kind regards 

1) First and foremost, I would look at the impact factor of the Journal.

2) One would evaluate academic credentials of the publishers and those on the Editorial Board.

3) Examine the quality and scientific credibility of the articles published in the journal.

4) I would be interested in knowing the time it takes to get feedback from the Journal editors.

5) I would also evaluate the scientific objectiveness of the suggestions for corrections by the Journal editors.

6) It is also important to know how long the Journal takes to process submitted manuscripts before they are actually published.

7) I would look at the circulation of the Journal articles.

8) I will also wish to evaluate the quality of paper the Journal uses to publish articles.

These are some of the criteria I would put into consideration.

Thanks and God bless you.

Thanks  man!

nice piece of information

Bayeh,

I'll add a few things that may help.

There are 1000s of journals these days, World of Science (WOS) calculated some 7,600 recently with new Open Access journals launching all the time. Be wary of fraudulent journals and check  Beall’s List of Predatory Open Access Publishers http://scholarlyoa.com/tag/predatory-publishers/

 What is the perceived quality of the journal in your field? The reputation of the publishers. How does the impact factor (Thomson ISI Citation Reports, WOS) compare with competing journals? response lag, time to print/online, issues per volume/year, rejection rates, page charges, open-access peer perception, who/what is publishing there? seek views from mentors & tap experienced authors in your field, who’s on the Editorial Board/the Editors, check the annual reviewer list.

 Dear Chirs Code, Thanks for your rely.

Dear, Bahir Dar University as rule follow Beall's list of Predatory list of journals and Publishers for incentive  and promote academic staff. However, the challenge is  still there are 100 of journals and publishers that seems Beall’s List of Predatory journal and publishers. i.e still there others the deserve to be included in Beall’s List of Predatory.