The journal should have the following features -
1) It must have score of 5 or more in the list of NAAS rated Journal (effective from 1st January, 2024). Journals with Impact factor (Thomson & Reuters) are preferable.
2) It should have little or no processing and/or publication fee. Many journals (mainly some foreign ones) remain out of reach for publication due to very high fees.
3) The journal should have a short response time regarding article processing, revisions, publication and others communications. Editorial board of some journals take months and months to respond after submission of a write-up and did not give reply to the e-mails on regular basis.
4) I did experiment on isolation & characterisation of potassium mobilizing bacteria from different soils and then tested their influence on soil system with (maize in pot culture) and without (incubation) crop plant based on studying potassium fractions after different time periods. I need suggestion of some journal names which are likely to publish this kind of researchs.
Dear Sayan Majumder
I am afraid that I have some bad news. There are virtually no journals that are AND open access AND free of cost (or low costs) AND publish rapidly.
However, the good news is:
-In almost all cases subscription-based journals are free of costs (in the case of hybrid journals you can decline the open access option)
-There are a (limited) number of open access journals that charge no APC, see for a good list here https://www.researchgate.net/post/Scientific_Journals_with_Open_Access_and_no_APC_free_charges_for_authors
-Short response can unfortunately not be guaranteed. In my experience it is in most cases caused by the inability of the journal to find reviewers. It will very much depend on your manuscript (and the exact scope and findings) whether the search for reviewers will be easy or not
Suggestions may be:
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, open access, Scopus indexed, Impact Factor 2.9 (SCIE) https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/agriculture/
Caldasia, open access, Scopus indexed, Impact Factor 0.487 (SCIE) https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal
Soil Biology & Biochemistry, hybrid journal published by Elsevier, Scopus indexed, Impact Factor 9.7 (SCIE) https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/soil-biology-and-biochemistry
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, hybrid journal published by Springer, Scopus indexed, Impact Factor 3.9 https://link.springer.com/journal/42729
Plant and Soil, hybrid journal published by Springer, Scopus indexed, Impact Factor 4.9 (SCIE) https://link.springer.com/journal/11104
Best regards.
Thank you, Rob Keller for your suggestions. I will definitely consider those points while considering journal regarding submission (for publication) of my research.
Hi desr
There are many areas, including the release of fixed potassium from basic and calcareous soils, increasing it ready for absorption by plants, the kinetics of potassium release by soil bacteria, and others.
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