Important tips before choosing a journal (From Elsevier):

• Read the aims and scope of the journal
• Read or download Guide for Authors
• Check if the journal is invitation-only as some journals will only accept articles after inviting the author
• If you need to publish open access know that most Elsevier journals have open access options explained on the journal homepage
• Submit your paper to only one journal at the time
• Check the journal performance for the review and publication timelines

Dear juan,

Thank you for the two links! I think there are great!

With due regards to the existing journals, they are all getting outdated by technological revolution and fore-think....Researchers are glued to IMPACT score of a Journal, that is in no way going to award a researcher.... the end result of a researcher is that "How much benefit did the work carried out by you, yielded".... "who are following" .... "how does your findings go further beyond you"....."Can you work create mark in the scientific community"....these are some thing to be seen.... To me RG is the best platform...

I beleive that each one of us knows the journals in her/his feild and knows the quality of his/her work and where it can be published. I do not agree that the exsisting journals are getting outdated at all. Those who have quality contributions can get their work published without any problems. The review process helps with new ideas and in improving the work. I normally cite what I read and what I read are good quality journals.

I could not see how to get the first link to work.  Must I pay money?

Dear Derek,

As far as I can see, the journal searching service is free of charge, but there are other services which are carried out by experts that are not for free. Indeed, every old researcher knows suitable journals for his work, but this is not always the newbie situation. I think that RG must be useful for everybody.

Hello Juan, thank you for the links. Very helpful.

Thank you very much Sir ( Mr Juan-Esteban ) for the links. Time is everything for a researcher.

Dear Dorina and Suleiman, you're welcome.

please see the following links:

http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors/journal+authors+academy?SGWID=0-1726414-12-837833-0

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

Important tips before choosing a journal (From Elsevier):

• Read the aims and scope of the journal
• Read or download Guide for Authors
• Check if the journal is invitation-only as some journals will only accept articles after inviting the author
• If you need to publish open access know that most Elsevier journals have open access options explained on the journal homepage
• Submit your paper to only one journal at the time
• Check the journal performance for the review and publication timelines

My Dear Juan-Esteban Palomar Tarancon  and all other Friends; Following links could we helpful in selecting journals. Thanks

http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/for/researchers/publish/choose_where_to_publish

http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/journals/select-journal-publish.html

http://cms.iopscience.org/0659756d-d278-11e1-9b7a-4d5160a0f0b4/choosing-submit-paper.html

While reviewing the literature, one can find a potential journal or transaction by accessing the quality of work publishing in that journal, its impact factor, aim and scope.

Best and simple way is... Impact factor.

According to Impact factor and Topics, can decides Journals.

Hi Juan,

Apart from the information provided by others regarding the journal's aims and scope, impact factors, publishing and review procedure, and possible publication fees, your personal preference is subject to discussion.

It's very relative and depends on you. For instance, some journals may charge some publication fees, while you may opt for free publishing. Moreover, sometimes publishing with a local journal - at your institute - gives you the chances of higher citations or even local publicity at the faculty. Also evaluate the fact that whether you believe in open access journals or not; and open access journals could be of high quality and high impact factors; it's just about the ideology.

Perhaps the following URL can assist you to choose your desired journal:

http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php

Elsevier and springer like publishers just by your abstract can guide one about the best suited journals, and also as per depth and quality / gravity of research - journals need to be selected appropriately.

Agreed with Latifa, publishing in low IF journals (peer-reviewed) is worth, since all papers cannot be accepted by high IF or journals like Nature. It depends on many factors - facilities, funds, group of researchers, novel finding and paper writing/presentation. As per quality and novelty of paper - journal need to be selected.

One of the most common ways is checking your references. you can find proper journals which are related to your topic

One of my senior friends has recently given me a very interesting idea. It is very sad news that if you do not know anyone in editorial board.

The editorial board is a collection of all those expert, related to the theme of the journal. If you have not gone through anyone's research of them, it means that journal is not for you. SEARCH SOME OTHER JOURNAL...

Dear Professor Juan,

Thank you Sir for your valuable links and thank you for your kindness.

Regards,

Wiwat Wanicharpichat

Dear @Juan, Journal Selection Criteria for the Web of Science Core Collection is given. Two-phase approach to Journal Selection for the Web of Science Core Collection. 

Emerging Sources Citation Index Selection Criteria are explained.

http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/wos_release_520.pdf

Journal Selector tools have made the journal selection easier

Please see the links from Wiley, Elsevier and Edanz

Most authors would like to see their work printed in journals with good impact factors, but that might not always be the most important consideration for your work..

• Sometimes, we may want to target a specialized audience,
• while other times we might be in a time crunch and a frequently published journal with quick turnaround times may be a better choice.
• If  wecare looking for maximum exposure, a good open access choice might be your first priority.

All of these factors can make for a confusing task of selecting an appropriate journal, especially if several of the factors above are of high importance for your particular paper.

Online tools such as the Journal Selector aim to help you refine your search by some of these categories, allowing you to focus on the factors that matter most and avoid sifting through journals that don't make the grade. However, as good as the Journal Selector is in this regard, and we work to improve it every day, we still recommend using these tools alongside traditional methods. Nothing can replace the knowledge that comes with keeping up with the literature in your field and learning from your colleagues and supervisor. Combining these efforts will allow you to take the results from the selector and make the right judgement call for your current situation.

We’re very proud of the Edanz Journal Selector and its ability to give you accurate guidance on potential target journals. Hopefully by understanding how this tool can enhance your usual journal selection process, the process of choosing your next journal will be that much easier!

https://www.edanzediting.com/resources/using-journal-selection-tools

Using Journal Selection Tools | Edanz EditingThis week, Jeffrey Beall, who we previously mentioned in our post about identifying non-reputable journals, included the Edanz Journal Selector on a list of recommended tools to help you find a good journal for your manuscript.  These online tools are a great resource, but it’s also helpful to understand how they work, and the logic that underlies the complicated algor

https://www.edanzediting.com/journal-selector

Journal Selector | Edanz Editing 

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com

https://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/browse_subject.asp

It is worth pointing out the following quotation.

The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable.

Wolfgang Pauli (1900 - 1958)

Fine and very appropriate quotation dear @Juan-Esteban.

There are some more threads about the journal selection at ResearchGate. I find it is good to bring them here, many fine responses.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/As_a_researcher_what_makes_you_choose_a_particular_journal_to_publish_your_articles

https://www.researchgate.net/post/On_which_basis_you_choose_a_journal_for_publishing_your_scientific_research

Carefully selecting the journal to which to submit your manuscript greatly reduces the chances of rejection of your work. It is crucial that you select a peer-reviewed journal which will present your research in the best way and convey it to the right target audience.

Given below are several criteria are found to be the most important in accurately selecting a peer-reviewed journal for manuscript submission. 

Does the subject of your article match the journal's subject focus?

 Does the journal accept the article type you intend to submit?

 Is the journal read by your target audience?

 Is the journal included in bibliographic and subject-specific databases?

 Does the journal have an online edition?

 Is the journal's impact factor in line with your requirements?

 Is the journal regarded as a prestigious one in its field by colleagues and peers?

 What is the turnaround time for articles submitted to the journal?

 How many times a year is the journal published?

 What are the publication charges?

 Is the length and structure of your manuscript acceptable to the journal?

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I have got this letter from SCOPUS!

As a Scopus user, we invite you to be among the first to explore CiteScore metrics. Reveal, analyze and validate citable sources to gain better insight before making decisions such as what to read and where to publish.

CiteScore metrics are part of a multi-dimensional basket of metrics that will continue to evolve and grow with input and guidance from you, the research community.

http://communications.elsevier.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40nonmsqR49vqsTe1%2Fkz%2F6qVEcQursKpdp7Zbsct3mAy4%3D&utm_campaign=Scopus%20CiteScore%20Launch&utm_campaignPK=295515201&utm_term=OP30308&utm_content=300446435&utm_source=71&BID=894679963&utm_medium=email&SIS_ID=0&dgcid=Newsletters%20%26%20Alerts_email_Scopus%20CiteScore%20Launch

https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/citescore-metrics-librarians-interested-research-performance?utm_campaign=Library%20Connect%20Newsletter&utm_campaignPK=165517338&utm_term=OP19251&utm_content=300430040&utm_source=32&BID=893838258&utm_medium=email&SIS_ID=0&dgcid=Newsletters%20%26%20Alerts_email_Library%20Connect%20Newsletter

If you want to publish your article in one of the Elsevier publisher journals you can go to the following link

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

If you want to publish within the springer publisher journals you can go to the following link

http://journalsuggester.springer.com/

Regards,

Look into immediately without wasting time..@

http://www.edanzediting.com/journal_selector

http://www.biosemantics.org/jane/

MY two cents: Just google |   journal finder   |  and you'll arrive at a reasonable result list pointing to several publishers/publishing companies.   So you can choose also whom you want to trust (but if you can afford a certain amount of money for editing your manuscript prior to publishing you can find it at the above mentioned URL ('edanzediting').

The second URL mentioned (biosemantics.org) replies on trying to visit (from my location in Europe some minutes ago) :

" JANE has moved! Please go to the link below, and update your bookmarks:  ", to be sure of its integrity I searched:  

https://who.is/whois/biosemantic.org : Registrar Data: NOT FOUND

>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-03-02T00:31:33Z

The suitable journal is the journal which accepts your research when this is correct, and not the journal which trades better or worse.

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

open this site then enter your title and the abstract , it will appear all suitable journals

Again...regarding my Answer no 35:  i wrote

"....So you can choose also whom you want to trust  *)see below ....(but if you can afford a certain amount of money for editing your manuscript prior to publishing you can find it at the above mentioned URL ('edanzediting') "**) .

*) this only said in favour of multimodality of finding process (unbiased)...

**) the sentence in parentheses I said a bit ironically...  with regard to payment of "pre-publishing"-costs not calculating perhaps additional real publishing costs....  but some might possess up to 1,500 US-Dollars (or more)  to end up with a fashionable, perfect ("natural") English version of their research publication. (This in relation to my / former efforts of our "group"[YEOH et al. 2016, submitted manuscript"navigating the challenges of....] to help with recognition of fraud in and "predatory" publishing among "potential ONLINE and OPEN ACCESS providers"  

@Mariano: with regard to what you said, especially: "...not the journal which TRADES better or worse."...  I haven't seen any publishing colleague NOT trying to at least SUBMIT a profound scientific manuscript ....and finally publish in a journal with the "hottest"/toward parameters regarding e.g.,  "impact factor", right and plenty of ==> specific/specialized readership and HIGH value regarding kind of 'Article influence = AI' (which means the relationship with chances of being cited within the first 5 years after publishing, if I remember and cite correctly).

So, IMHO, choosing a journal with mostly fitting parameters (these days) in terms of citations (frequency of), readership clientel (expert audience) together with recommended or renowned Editorial Board members and Reviewing Peers is not contraproductive or immoral....

BTW:  are there big differences in recommendations for "journal finding"...comparing SPRINGER, ELSEVIER, TAYLOR and FRANCIS, and ,  and.....???

The information provided by researchers were indeed valuable. I may need to add herein a practically organized method in order to choose the most suitable journal to publish at as follows;

1- Cut & paste your article's title and abstract and then feed in the following journal finders:

A) http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

B) http://journalsuggester.springer.com/

C) https://www.edanzediting.com/journal-selector

D) http://jane.biosemantics.org/index.php

E) OR Look into the list of bibliographic articles and then choose ones that you have mostly referred to in your research writing.  

2- After doing this, it is now you who decide to choose amongst the shortlisted journals, a decision which may be based on   

A) The most related journal's scope to your work.

B) Impact factor.  

C) Avr. reviewing & publication time speed. 

D) Publication fees.

E) Whether an open access or not.

F) Production time (every month, every 3 months,...etc.).

G) Related to your area of expertise or specialization.

You should read 7 steps to publishing in a scientific journal

Link:  https://www.elsevier.com/connect/7-steps-to-publishing-in-a-scientific-journal

Here are free tools to select a perfect journal for publishing your paper

Link: http://bit.ly/2tbslKn

Elsevier Journal finder might help

sjr-journal search

Scimago Journal & Country Rank, at www.scimagojr.com

The Web of Science Journal Selection Process!

http://wokinfo.com/essays/journal-selection-process/

These links may help you

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/#results

http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php

http://apps.webofknowledge.com/WOS_GeneralSearch_input.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&SID=N2eeCMxqrAqpHWXQKMw&preferencesSaved=

http://ores.su/en/journals/scopus/

https://www.scopus.com/sources?sortField=metric&metricName=RP&sortDirection=DESC&navTo=ALL&offset=1&displayAll=true&sortPerformedState=t&origin=sbrowse&sortDirectionMOne=DESC&sortDirectionMTwo=&metricDisplayIndex=2&typeFilter=d_j_p_k&subscriptionFilter=s_u&openAccessDisplay=&tabName=browseSourceTab&subjectArea=#

https://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/JCRJournalHomeAction.action?SID=B2-UnVHZIPXCVSa2QQRZoUaTGGhIq1FFXx2Bx2B-18x2dt9cOmtoye3Hsoix2BefrHXeAx3Dx3DXhq1X8tL6g0f2wroDlXVYAx3Dx3D-9vvmzcndpRgQCGPd1c2qPQx3Dx3D-wx2BJQh9GKVmtdJw3700KssQx3Dx3D&SrcApp=IC2LS&Init=Yes

Thanks

It depends upon work and its quality and requirement of the journal.

thank you  

Dear Juan Esteban,

Each author has his own experience from which he learns to take his own better decision. I think is not possible to advice to one because each one has his own experience with editors and journals. Each case is each case.

I agree with Mariano, each author should take his own decision.

The first think that you should take into account is do you prefer to find just a journal that will publish your research or you prefer to choose the best option that corresponds to your needs (impact factor, potential number and type of readers, potential number of citations, future collaborators, the quality of the reviewers and editor support e.t.c.). In most cases we chose to publish in journals that we read and respect ... if we are able to respond to their requirements.

I suggest this:

https://access.clarivate.com/#/login?app=endnote

Journal and article metrics are increasingly important across academic publishing. They can help researchers choose which journal to submit their work to, and assess the ongoing impact of an individual piece of work (including their own). Journal editors use them to assess their journals’ standing in the community, raise its profile, and potentially attract quality submissions. And metrics can also assist librarians in selecting journals for their institution and analysing their usage and impact, as well as helping them assess the impact of research published by those in their institution...

https://www.researchinformation.info/viewpoint/getting-expert-view-journal-metrics

Hello,

There are some excellent tools for finding suitable journals according to the title, and abstract of an article. For example,

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

https://www.springeropen.com/get-published/find-the-right-journal

http://rnd.wiley.com/html/journalfinder.html

http://www.sjfinder.com/journals/recommend

https://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/periodicals/new_titles.html

https://www.theiet.org/resources/journals/

I suggest this:

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

https://www.enago.com/academy/journal-finder/

You can try in these websites:

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com

https://journalsuggester

http://medsciediting.com/

https://www.journalguide.com

...

In addition to the above tools, a crowdsourcing platform:

https://scirev.org/

Useful discussion. Thank you @Dr. Juan-Esteban Palomar Tarancon!

Hi! I believe Elsevier Journal Finder and Springer Journal Suggester would also be a good choice. The links are below:

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

Dear @Val, it is good to read previous answers. Then, you do not make duplicates. Elsevier and Springer were listed long time ago.

Agree with Prof. Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan . Follow those steps.

In addition to the details given , I might give useful technical notes as follow:

1. The paper presented must be dropped within the scope of the journal, otherwise you will record the fastest rejection in the world.

2. A decent journal is indexed by Scopus and Thomson Reuters but you have to check the cite-score record in Scopus and the impact factor in Thomson Reuters. The higher cite-score is the best journal will be.

3. In my estimation, the best respected publisher is Elsevier as your paper will hit a distinctive citation within a short time.

4- if you look for a rapid revision and publishing then you can take into considerations MDPI publisher.

After appreciating the above comments, I would like to add the problem of revision time. If the journal provides the average revision time, that will be a great. Otherwise, the author's may check the most recent papers and try check the date of receiving, the date of revising, the date of acceptance, and the date of publication online. Such indicators are very important in case of urgent revision process is required.

Best regards!

Is it a true information what this website exposes?

http://www.trueactivist.com/study-finds-nearly-all-scientific-papers-controlled-by-six-corporations/

I frequently used elsevier journal finder or springer journal suggester for many of my publications.

How fast their process is from the submission to the revision and publication online Dr. Renato??

You can try this fantastic link:

http://rsf.research.ac.ir/

You can use journal publishers In my case I used Elsevier Journal Finder website or the Springer Journal Suggester website

Prof. Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan for your points. Very useful indeed.

How to target a journal that’s right for your research

https://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/practical-guide/target-journal-right-research-communicate-publish.html

To be perfectly honest I find it quite puzzling that so much focus lies on turn-around time, that is, the time it takes to see the final result in print, or how long reviewing typically takes. What difference does it make if the reviewing takes a month or a few more, if it is done *very well*? I care not one bit if the submitted paper takes a year, even, IF the result is review comments that hit the mark perfectly, in letting me know better ways of phrasing, of better ways of presenting a theory or proof, or experiments. Not one iota. Journals with a stipulated maximum time for refereeing are sick jokes; as an editor, you cannot keep a straight, honest face, when stating that such a quick reviewing round actually is serious. To the waste paper basket with the lot of them.

Surender Singh : link your shared was quite intresting and useful. thanks,

https://www.springeropen.com/get-published/find-the-right-journal

https://www.scimagojr.com

First of all, you should select suitable publisher concerning the quality of your research. In addition all of the significant journal publishers have specific section named ''journal finder''. You can easily add your paper's abstract in the mentioned section and then guided through the suitable journal suggestions.

Another problem appears during the publication of articles is the date of publication after acceptance and proofing. Some publishers take a long time (sometimes it may take months) to issue the article without any logical reasons.

This issue should be considered as well

Best regards

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

I strongly suggest to you to see JournalGuide which can help you find journals that could be best suited for your article. It also provides information about the speed, impact, score, and whether or not it is an open access et cetera et cetera.

The link: www.journalguide.com/journals/search

Perhaps the following URL can also assist you to choose your desired journal:

http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php

https://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/practical-guide/target-journal-right-research-communicate-publish.html

https://www.springeropen.com/get-published/find-the-right-journal

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

How do you choose where to publish your research? Are there a set handful of journals that are seen as ‘the best’ in your discipline? Has your supervisor pointed you to one that they typically refer to? These approaches are good, but they might miss journals that are relatively new or better suited for your work than your supervisor realises.

In this post we’ll explore a slightly different approach, which will offer some tips for making a more informed decision to help you ensure you achieve the outcomes you’re after...

https://www.altmetric.com/blog/altmetrics-to-publish/

Simply you may use journal finder provided by Elsevier and Springier

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

The best choice Elsevier and Springer will be.

I agree with Ljubomir Jacic

That depended on the field and strength of work with suitable staff of research to chose the journal in Q4 or Q3 or Q2 or Q1

Simply you can choose your suitable journal from the Clarivate Analytics Journal citation report base, then based on the journal's aims and scope you can decide which one is more appropriate to your work

Another way is to find your journal using your manuscript title, abstract and research area, via the following services from Elsevier and/or Springer

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com

https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

Good Luck !

Good day every one.

Is there a journal suggester that covers all bases at once.

This will be useful.

http://about.elsevier.com/pdf/environmentalsciencescatalogue2012.pdf

https://www.journalguide.com

https://journalfinder.elsevier.com

https://journalsuggester.springer.com

ELSEVIER and Springer can be good one

Nice work

Answer [095]

@ Prakas Pandurangan:

a month ago in his Re [083]: Temitayo O. Olaniyan mentioned >journalguide.com< already. It would be interesting to see who is behind that webservice (Google 'Research Square', and also find the ratings of some employees/staff members, found on glassdoor.com).

Another source, provided by BU (Boston University) (including further perhaps valuable and interesting questions to be asked and answered before choosing a "publication organ" (or "journal"):

" How to Choose Where to Publish" -

FIND A JOURNAL - referencing too already mentioned services (for profit and non for profit orgs.), hints how to "Assess a Journal" [Quality-Relevance-Access-Rights-Impact), and a subchapter: "Avoid predatory publishers" as well as some "Other resources" worth to be seen /evaluated one can find @

https://www.bu.edu/disc/resources/how-to-choose-where-to-publish/

(Disclaimer: not affiliated with "BU" nor financially interested.

“How to Choose Where to Publish” by the BU Libraries Digital Scholarship Services (cf.: https://www.bu.edu/disc/resources/how-to-make-your-work-open/ ) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ")

My dear Wolfgang H. Muss , many thanks for your warnings...!

Dr.Muss thanks for insight.

Thanks Professor Wolfgang_MUSS

Dear @ Prakash_Pandurangan, I am no Professor. Just an informal person.... +

@ Bhaskar Bhatt thank you for your kind words... (I know this is not "identifying myself as an expert in my field by providing a high-quality answer"....but being a human and informal person it is necessar to do so...\/(:-))

If you’re a post graduate

Then you’re already acquainted with few of the journals related to your field of work !!

Also, any author would try to publish his research work in a journal with high impact factor !!

In case of India, specifically in Agricultural field, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) does the scoring of journals often called as NAAS rating of any journal which is a yardstick similar to the impact factor as indexed by Thompson Reuters !!

Or simply You can find the relevant journal by searching keywords from these lists made any NAAS or Thompson Reuter’s or any other reliable source !! (The name of journal can gives you a pretty good idea)

This can help you in narrowing down the whole list !!

You can find the sources from these links :

http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveESI/ESIGroup/overviewESI/esiJournalsList.html

http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveESI/10678-TRS/version/default/part/AttachmentData/data/ESIMasterJournalList-082018.xlsx

http://naasindia.org/page.php?pageid=54

http://naasindia.org/documents/journals2018.pdf