As almost every researcher would accept, it essential that we find an appropriate journal for our scholarly work. We are often advised to find a journal before we write our article so as to be aware of the type of research published in a particular journal and to structure your paper based on specific requirements of that journal.
How you find an appropriate journal for submission? And at what point during your research do you do that? One way is to get some recommendations from peers or to examine the articles published in a particular journal. Another way is to use journal finders offered by some publishers (e.g., Elsevier, Thomson R.).
In short, I am curious about your experiences of finding appropriate journals for paper submission?
During my literature reviews, I look at the journals which have published articles related to my topic. Then I go look at the journal websites to see their scope and typical topics.
But if they have published a paper very similar to mine very recently, the editors may not want another so similar paper for a while.
During my literature reviews, I look at the journals which have published articles related to my topic. Then I go look at the journal websites to see their scope and typical topics.
But if they have published a paper very similar to mine very recently, the editors may not want another so similar paper for a while.
Scope of the journal should be fit with the topic of work. If your findings are too good go for high impact factor journals, otherwise not.
Strictly adhere to the format of the journal while submission.
Most of the journals do not consider the manuscript for review if not prepared according to the given format. Suggest names of reviewers only if asked for.
Totally avoid predatory journals.
U hv to find out the same papers first then only u will get the idea for selection of the journal
As an extension of what you mention in your question, one possibility to proceed is as follows: If you already have the title and abstract for your article, you can use the following tools from Elsevier and Springer to help you pick a right journal among those that belong to the respective publisher
http://journalfinder.elsevier.com
http://journalsuggester.springer.com
The output of these tools shows inter alia average article processing times and impact factors of the journals and, if I recall correctly, also publication fees and open access fees.
In many journals you can publish free of charge if you do NOT make your article open access (i.e. it is available only to journal subscribers), but this should be checked for each journal separately.
It could also be a good idea to check whether the journals you consider have actually published any works on your subject reasonably recently.
Once you make a short list of potentially suitable journals, you can check whether they are covered by Scopus here
https://blog.scopus.com/posts/titles-indexed-in-scopus-check-before-you-publish
and by Web of Science here
https://mjl.clarivate.com
Hi,
The aims and scope of the journal you choose is most important in your choice of journal where your paper will be published. The subject of your research should be within the coverage range of the journal. There are general databases such as the World of Science and more specialized ones such as PubMed, and many journals are indexed in both kinds of databases. If you limit your search by your specific research subject he retrieval set will show you the journals that cover your type of research.
In addition to the answers above, you can use the checklist here: www.thinkchecksubmit.org
In addition to the excellent suggestions above, I think it is a good idea to look at the editorial board of a journal to see if there are people working in your area of study. Of course, as mentioned by Artur Sergyeyev, it is also important to check if the journal has recently published any papers in your area. I also find it useful to talk to colleagues that have published in a given journal to see if they had a positive experience with the editors/reviewers. This is useful because some journals take a very long time in reviewing and publishing papers. I try to avoid submitting papers to such journals.
I have been following the article in the attached file.
It is very useful and I highly recommend it.
Here are the details as well:
Uysal, H. H. (2012). The critical role of journal selection in scholarly publishing: A search for journal options in language-related research areas and disciplines. The Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 8 (1), 50-95
I think the first one, the scope of the journal need to link with the paper that I need to submit it. The second one, type of paper, because some journals determined type papers either a review or comparative paper and so on.
Take a look at the references you cite. If your paper solves a question left open by one of these, you may submit it to the same journal. If your references list have 30 papers of which 4 are published in the Journal of Whatever, probably that would be the place. Also you can take a look at those 4 papers and see if, in turn, they reference several papers in another journal, that could be your target now.
It is just a question of common sense.
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