Hi,

Based on my little experience submitting papers, I follow several steps before I decide to which journal I should submit a paper. First, I read the scope to see if the paper fits, If it does not, it is better to go for another journal, otherwise it will get rejected quickly. Second, I look where the journal is indexed and if it goes through a peer-review process. If it is an open access, do you need to pay for submission and publication? That question is very important. Also. I look to see if it is not a predator journal and the impact factor of the journal. Then lastly, I check if similar papers have been published in that journal. When it is the case, you get more chance to be accepted.

I hope I helped a little bit.

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Hi, check the Journal that suits the scope of your paper, the impact fact, citation index, indexing, editorial board members, quality of review, quality of published works and time of publishing.It is important to check level of spread of the work after publishing to reach greater number of audience.

Hi!

Very good advice Is coming in as answer to this question. I would like to add: TIME.

It is hard to know if there will be a very long review procedure, and sometimes also a long waiting line for already accepted articles. Check for the times between first submission of recent articles to the journal in question, and then date of acceptance and date of publication. Of course, if you really want to go for a special highly esteemed journal, you can have to wait - so long that your paper becomes mainly of historical interest when published.

However, if a journal claims fast processing times as an argument for submission, check it up closer. The fastest tracks to publication for a dubious journal is to just jump over the review process, or pay reviewers (and then there probably is a hefty fee and the journal may deserve to be called “predatory”.)

One time-trick can be to check for special calls for papers for a special theme issue of a journal due to be published on a special month. There you will probably know if you get published or not, and the process is more predictable.

I wish that more journals would make this “issue” concept more flexible, as it is gradually losing its meaning in web publishing. The journal “First Monday” (eith research only on the Internet itself as a study object) publishes all accepted and proof-read articles on the web first Monday each month. Other journals have webpublishing sometimes months and even years before publishing in an “issue”, also that on the web.

So be aware of the time issue. It even happens, I am told, that accepted papers never gets published, as it gets too old to publish (or by other reason).

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JournalGuide is a free tool created by a group of software developers, former researchers, and scholarly publishing veterans at Research Square. Our goal for JournalGuide is to bring all sources of data together in one place to give authors a simple way to choose the best journal for their research.

One finds the best peer-reviewed journal to submit their own work to for consideration of publication by the same methodology a scientist uses for their own work in innovating:

trial-and-error testing.

Find your journal through the link : https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

Identify the scope, time taken to publish, impact factor and indexing

Thank You Libak Abou for your answer.

Thank You Sir Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu for your valuable answer,.

Thank You very much sir Anders Norberg for your helpful answer.

Thank You Sir for Ali Mohammed Yassen Al Hashemi your valuable comment.

Thank You Sir Djaafar Zemali

Thank You Sir Dennis Mazur

Thank You Sir Vinayak Hegde for your helpful suggestion.

The scope of the journal is a first step.

Other criteria include imact factor, time of publication and APC.

Thank You Madam Jelena B Popović-Djordjević for your suggestion.

There are tens of thousands of academic journals to choose from, and Wiley alone publishes more than 1,600 journals across life, health, and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It can be difficult to narrow down which journal is best suited to your article, but the most important thing to keep in mind is that your research should be relevant to the journal you select. Try beginning your search by using keywords, or seek out the journals colleagues in your specialty are publishing in. Wiley Online Library allows you to search for journals alphabetically, by subject area, keyword, or contributor.

Further, the most importance resource to any author is their own network. Along with consulting closely with any co-authors you may have, don’t be afraid to ask colleagues, peers, advisors or fellow society or association members for advice on the best fit for your research.

Thank You Sir Djaafar Zemali for your valuable answer.

During study, check the references for find your journal

Thank You Pankaj Kumar for your valuable answer.

Our colleagues already gave you excellent advice, so I would like to add just one more tip: look at the reference list of your own manuscript. If some journal pops up repeatedly among your citations, maybe it's a good choice.

Thank You Sir Luciano da F. Costa for your valuable comment.

Thank You Sir Marco Aurelio Ribeiro Mello for your helpful comment.

Referring to indexing media, like Scopus, SJR......, however, a straightforward rule of thumb is that the better journal is that who requires more cost for publication, as it is more cited !!

Thank You Sir Yasser Jaamour for your valuable answer.

this link is useful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8JsRgaWis

regards

Thank You Sir Hassan Nima for your helpful comment.

I think best journal is the one which addresses your specialty & work you have done.

Once u have done that, look for following:

1- indexation

2-impact factor

3- publication fee, if it has to come from your pocket

4-If given look at reviewers, some u may not desire

5- Also check some if the previously published work by that journal

If satisfied, submit your work

Regards

Thank You Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan for your helpful answer.

You are welcome Piyush Kumar

I wrote about journal choice on my blog. It's in Portuguese, but the automatic translation tool does a god job: https://marcoarmello.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/escolhadarevista/

Rather simple approach might be to look at your references to determine which journal you cited the most articles from.

Ask senior. google,

Thank You Marco Aurelio Ribeiro Mello , Pheiroijam Suranjoy Singh , Paul Glover-Kapfer for your valuable answers.