I tried to submit my 1st paper at one of Springer journal, yet it been rejected because that the field of research is not contained in the journal.
after that II been contacted by Springer shared services which suggest 3 other journals to publish in, Two are not indexed.
Since It is my first time to publish I am a bit confused on what to choose.
Mohammad, I think there can be no binary response to it. It will depend on many factors, including your objective and context. Few pointers:
1. Are you looking for your idea/research to get quick currency that you can leverage upon after publication?
2. Is high-impact factor journal an institutional requirement?
3. Are you keen on learning? In this case, submitting to a higher impact factor journal will enable good learning from the peer-review comments.
4. Will a quick publication boost your self-confidence as a researcher?
Based on the above pointers, you may evaluate the suggested journals and then make a decision about the fitness to your purpose.
So is it good to publish in a journal without an impact factor?
Mohammed - this is a useful service now being offered by several main publishing houses. The thing is that the systems are still a little 'crude' i.e. they obviously only refer you to journals in their catalogue and they are 'matched' as best as possible - but also a little random. You should consider issues such - is publishing in a non-indexed journal (that is perhaps new and growing) with a reputable publisher still of use to you and your institution? Some would argue - yes' on the basis that it is still promoting your findings to a public audience - others may say 'no' in terms of impact/bibliometric considerations.
I had the similar case but opted out to look for other journals with index. My opinion is that it takes lots of time and energy to develop a paper and should not put the paper at an 'emerging/ new journal without indexation or any sort of justified quality. Many newly added journals from these leading publishers are not of good quality. We don't know whether these journals will survive the competition or will be lost in coming years. I would recommend to look for new journals/ put extra-effort to further improve the paper. I believe a suitable alternative can be found. Good luck.
I recommend the answer of Whitehead sir as it is worth to go for the suggested journal but also insure it's indexing. Because these services provides the matching of subject area journal on the basis of their software.
Also these services provided by some best publisher but not ensure you that your article will be published. But these minimizes some effort to the authors for editorial submission.
Choose the best suited journals and wrok on the comments given by the editors who denied to publish your manuscript and go for a new submission.
Obviously indexed journals with good IF are preferable. But if there is no other choice currently, and if there are no costs associated, this can be done as IF can change over time. Also a modified version of the paper can always be submitted to a better journal later on.
It depends on the suggestion. Many Editorial companies offer you an open access journal from their own company, which I believe it is convenient to them, but If the journal suggested is not indexed, then I believe it is not worth it.
Mohammad, I think there can be no binary response to it. It will depend on many factors, including your objective and context. Few pointers:
1. Are you looking for your idea/research to get quick currency that you can leverage upon after publication?
2. Is high-impact factor journal an institutional requirement?
3. Are you keen on learning? In this case, submitting to a higher impact factor journal will enable good learning from the peer-review comments.
4. Will a quick publication boost your self-confidence as a researcher?
Based on the above pointers, you may evaluate the suggested journals and then make a decision about the fitness to your purpose.
Dear Mohammed Lamine Mekhalfia ,
It concerns as you said yourself your first publication. I sincerely think that it is an excellent opportunity to publish in a journal of a well-reputed and established publisher like Springer.
Once you built up a list of more papers you are in a better position to aim for journals with a serious indexing.
Best regards.
PS. It is quite possible that the journal you will choose has no indexing yet but the coming years it will. In that case you will have the preferable indexing already for your first publication as well.
Well, it is always preferred to publish your scholarly work in indexed journals whatsoever is the reason. I would not suggest you go for what the publisher suggested. Try to search a journal as per the theme of your paper.
Mohammed... Please stick to journals with good indexing and scopus history. There are some journal that give you fixed dates for the acceptance and further for publication. Unfortunately, such journals have no peer reviewing process. Your work may not reviewed properly by good reviewers. As a new researcher, criticism is such an important factor to improve your ability. Thus, try to get your first articles published in peer reviewed journals. The comments of the reviewers are essential to all of us.. Regards
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