Dear colleagues,
I am reaching out to seek your guidance. I have recently finalized an article containing an empirical study focusing on the unique challenges faced by Ukrainian psychologists during the initial days of the war. Could you kindly recommend any journals that might be interested in publishing my work?
Attached is an abstract of the article for your reference.
Warm regards,
Anastasiia Kuntsevska
"Amidst the Storm: Ukrainian Psychologists' Early War Experiences" explores the multifaceted challenges faced by psychologists providing crisis care in Ukraine during the initial stages of the conflict. Through a comprehensive theoretical framework, this study investigates five key components: Unique Crisis Situation, Providing Help Despite Own Needs, Pro-Bono Assistance (Volunteering), Vicarious Trauma, and Learning During the War.
The research reveals the profound impact of the war on Ukrainian psychologists, who found themselves navigating unprecedented levels of trauma and stress. Psychologists reported high levels of apathy, trauma symptoms mirroring those of their clients, and difficulties in maintaining regular sleep patterns. Furthermore, engagement in pro bono assistance heightened emotional involvement and shared life difficulties with clients, while also posing challenges in managing their own well-being.
Despite these challenges, psychologists demonstrated remarkable resilience and dedication, adapting their approaches to meet the urgent needs of those affected by the conflict. The study emphasizes the importance of specialized training and resources to support psychologists in their vital role during times of crisis. Online seminars emerged as a valuable source of support, providing practical guidance and fostering professional growth.
Identifying an ideal journal is one of the biggest challenges in research. You could search for ideal journals on scopus and web of science, as these usually list reputed publishers such as SAGE, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, etc.
You could also post your abstract on JANE, a search engine that can help you find journals that are likely to accept your article for publication.
https://jane.biosemantics.org
I think some Journal Finder could provide some good options. You can paste your title and abstract and click "find journal".
https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
http://jane.biosemantics.org/
This is a common issue for researchers whenever they have a new report nearly ready to submit for peer review. Sometimes the choice is based on the highest impact journal that has previously published on that topic. A guide to that can be the journals in which the references collected have been published. Another, guide can be based on the audience you wish to reach. Who do you want to read this paper? Governments, international leaders, researchers, policy makers, or practitioners? Sometimes, I simply choose a short list of journals from the literature, not always where my references have been published, and approach each editor by email to ask them if they are interested in receiving a submission on the topic. The other factor is usually cost. If we have budget constraints we were not usually permitted to approach open access journals. Sometimes my final choice is a specialist journal that covers the topic well, that my peer researchers will read, over a higher impact journal read by a wider audience but not often read by those focused on this topic. The main constraint is that you can only submit to one journal at a time, so it helps to begin with a priority list of journal candidates to work through. I hope this helps, Geoff.
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