What do you look out for in a Journal before submitting your manuscript for publication? Before one submits his/her manuscript for publication, one usually consider some factors such as Impact Factor, Indexing such as Scopus Indexed, ISI Indexed, or SCI Indexed etc. while others look for Percentile of the Journal.
I will be glad to know what you look for or consider before sending your manuscript for publication.
Thanks for your anticipated contributions...
you can choose the journal according to your work from the below links
https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
https://journalsuggester.springer.com/
Hi,
I consider first that the journal is in the area and scope of my research, otherwise ot will be rejected immediately. Second, that it is not predatory journal, and that it is indexed in bibliographic databases. Also, that it is not open access, so that no processing fees are demanded.
Hi,
I consider the scope of the journal, indexing and I also search for similar topics already published in the journal, if people have read similar papers published in the journal. Then I read the recommendation for authors, if there is or not processing fees.
Best.
Well, this is multifactorial.
First, you should consider practical aspects, including:
- Does the scope of the journal match your paper?
- Second, does the journal requires any fees: submission, publishing, typesetting, etc?
- Time of review, by looking at publication history of some recent papers.
- Acceptance rate of submitted articles if provided.
Then, you cosnider the quality of the journal:
- By looking at the quality of some recent papers.
- Check the indexing of the journal in major databases like Medline, Scopus and Web of Science. Also, it helps you avoid predatory publishers.
- Although arguable, you may check some metrics, like Q factor, impact factor. It more or less help you decide whether your paper is of the same rigor or not.
1. have an impact factor or join scopus or not.
2. Period of acceptance research for publication.
3. cost of publishing
you can choose the journal according to your work from the below links
https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
https://journalsuggester.springer.com/
Thanks to Avishag Gordon , Libak Abou , Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk , Ismail Younis Al-Hadeedy and Hany Kasban for your immense contributions to this discussion.
The choice of a magazine depends on its indexing in the databases.
Awesome contribution. Thanks all.
If I may, to suggest researchers to overview the publication ethics of the publishing house. The quality of manuscript accepted (archives) and rate of publication. More so, the journal rating vis a vis the potential and "scientificness" of the researchers' submission.
Thank you all for your valuable contributions. All your submissions are well noted. Much appreciation due to Dr. O. Peter , Dr. Ivan Yakymenko , Dr. Luay Abdulwahid Shihab , Dr. Andrey Skorobogatov and the host of others.
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