Frontiers in Psychology has a decent Impact Factor and is one of the highly cited journals in the field, but the journal is not listed in the ABS journal quality guidelines. I was wondering if it's a good idea for someone working in a business school to consider the journal as a potential outlet for organizational psychology related topics.
Dear Ghulam Mustafa ,
This journal is, as you said, indexed in:
-Scopus (CiteScore 3.2)
-SSCI by Clarivate (Impact factor 2.067)
And is also in:
-PubMed Central (PMC)
-DOAJ (member)
-COPE (member)
There is hardly any better guarantee imaginable that you are dealing with a genuine and legit journal. Indeed Nithia Kumarawel , the publisher behind this journal “Frontiers Media SA” is (still) mentioned in Beall’s list:
https://beallslist.net/
They have been added in 2015. It is generally accepted that the Beall’s list is not flawless and to me the (continuous) inclusion of this publisher is the best prove of this. Jeffrey Beall overplayed his hand by this inclusion. In his ultimate goal to expand his list he wanted to proof that he can tackle a pretty big player like Frontiers, but I think he is/was wrong.
Frontiers is one of the fastest growing publishers dedicated to open access. Facts are:
-Over 40 of their journals have an official impact factor (from Clarivate)
-Round 50 of their journal are indexed in Scopus (with CiteScore)
In my field (Life Sciences) I have seen numerous big names with one or more publications in one of their journals. So, I think you can be sure that publishing in this journal is a safe choice and beneficial for your career.
Best regards.
Hi,
Please visit the journal's site, and you will see that it is indexed in many bibliographic indexes, and that it is refereed, and it has a 2017 impact factor. It seems that papers on subject in the range of this journal's coverage should consider publishing in it.
One thing that you should consider is that it demands that they be paid for publishing, if it is accepted. There are many other journals out there, reputable journals, that will publish without a publication charge. The list is long. Go to the APA, Elsevier, Tandy, Springer, Wiley, Sage, Taylor&Francis websites.
This publisher is listed in Bealllist, Wos, APA PsychInfo and Scopus.
Confused to publish in this. Please advise.
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