As a new researcher, I'm unable to evaluate the journals. I recognized that there are two metrics to evaluate the journals: impact factor and the index but really I don't understand what these metrics refer to? and should I choose the highest impact or the smallest? and what is the influence of index? Also, I recognized that journals still using 2014 impact factor on their sites, why?
Please could you elaborate these metrics?
Examine the aims and scope: are they appropriate for your research?
Review past issues: does the content look topical and credible? Are the authors known to you?
Is it registered in:
Serials Directory -Provides basic bibliographic information for more than 178,500 periodicals
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Does it appear on a 'watch list'? E.g. Beall's List of Predatory, Open Access Journals. Note that this list is constantly changing.
Does it have a valid online ISSN / eISSN?
Is it a member of CrossRef - the official Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration agency? Are DOIs assigned to individual articles?
Journals are disseminated via academic abstracting and indexing services such as EBSCO, PubMed, ProQuest, Google Scholar. A journal website should say where it is indexed.
Is it indexed in the places it says it is?
Has it been assigned ranking(s)? E.g.
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator
ISI Impact Factor (JCR)
Other
Is it listed on Wikipedia as an academic journal?
Are its policies on peer review, open access, copyright publicly available?
If it charges publication fees, are they clearly stated and explained?
What are the copyright policies? Will you be able to preserve copyright over your work? In many open access journals, authors retain full copyright to their work and give the journal a "non-exclusive" right to publish the work.
Here is the detailed answer:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236913061_How_to_select_a_journal_to_submit_and_publish_your_biomedical_paper
Article How to Select a Journal to Submit and Publish Your Biomedical Paper?
Ahmed,
Study the articles published by journals you are interested in. There are common themes which can be discerned through careful study. Bias is sometimes a factor.
Dear Ahmad,
There are several things before publishng your work are:
1- How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journals.
2- Impact factor of the journal. The following site contains all reliable journal(that indexed by Thomsons Reuters ISI [JCR]):
http://www.citefactor.org/journal-impact-factor-list-2014...
3- Please be careful from fake journals.
Examine the aims and scope: are they appropriate for your research?
Review past issues: does the content look topical and credible? Are the authors known to you?
Is it registered in:
Serials Directory -Provides basic bibliographic information for more than 178,500 periodicals
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Does it appear on a 'watch list'? E.g. Beall's List of Predatory, Open Access Journals. Note that this list is constantly changing.
Does it have a valid online ISSN / eISSN?
Is it a member of CrossRef - the official Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration agency? Are DOIs assigned to individual articles?
Journals are disseminated via academic abstracting and indexing services such as EBSCO, PubMed, ProQuest, Google Scholar. A journal website should say where it is indexed.
Is it indexed in the places it says it is?
Has it been assigned ranking(s)? E.g.
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator
ISI Impact Factor (JCR)
Other
Is it listed on Wikipedia as an academic journal?
Are its policies on peer review, open access, copyright publicly available?
If it charges publication fees, are they clearly stated and explained?
What are the copyright policies? Will you be able to preserve copyright over your work? In many open access journals, authors retain full copyright to their work and give the journal a "non-exclusive" right to publish the work.
The aims of the journal if matched with the core subject of your manuscript it will be suitable for you, and of course impact factor of the journal is important for evaluation of the journal as it is measure the number of citation of articles published by that journal.
Dear Ahned,
Kindly find the following attachment for your answer.
With warm regards
Ramesh Sharma Poudel
Thank you all very very much, really, you are helpful persons thanks a lot for these informative answers.
Dear Ahmed,
Journals with high impact factor or high h index are better and there is high competition to publish your work in these journals. Therefore, you may choose a Journal according your article quality. In addition, the specialty of your article should coincide with journal specialty.
Dear Ahmed Hamed,
Pls check the link and the attachment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017410/
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/six-things-to-do-before-writing-your-manuscript
This is a nice tool to compare various journals:
https://www.journalguide.com/
Best!
https://www.journalguide.com/
Below are some of the most important criteria to keep in mind when choosing a journal that is a good match for your research.
1) What are the aims and scope of the journal?
2) Has the journal published articles that are similar to yours?
3) What are the journal’s restrictions?
4) What is the journal’s Impact Factor?
For more details , please , you can see the following links:
http://www.aje.com/en/arc/choosing-right-journal-your-research/
http://www.ijds.org/Volume3/IJDSv3p059-079Knight84.pdf
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S2351979714000838/1-s2.0-S2351979714000838-main.pdf?_tid=a9b4918e-fcc9-11e6-9595-00000aacb35d&acdnat=1488185554_d37bd91e2dedf47191466ddebed740ab
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