Research Guides

Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? 

• Think Check Submit: Tool to help you discover and choose the right journal or Publisher for your research. Use the checklist to assess the journals and avoid Predatory journals.  
• JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator): A tool that compares your title and/or abstract to citations already in Medline and recommends potential journals in which to publish.
• Journal Metrics from Elsevier: Explains journal metrics: Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), The Impact per Publication (IPP), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
• Journal Metrics from Wiley: Explains common journal metrics: Metric Name, Metric Score, Metric Description
• Journals Recently Accepted by NLM for Inclusion in MEDLINE: Periodically updated with new journals added to MEDLINE/PubMed.
• Journal Suggester from Springer: Enter your manuscript title & abstract, and the Journal Suggester will search over 2,500 Springer and BioMed Central journals to find suitable journals for your manuscript.
• IEEE Publication Recommender: Searches 170+ periodicals and 1500+ conferences from IEEE, provides factors such as Impact Factor and Submission-To-Publication Time.
• ChronosHub Journal Finder: Browse, search, filter, sort, and compare more than 40,000 journals to find the right journal without worry about publishing in compliance with your funders’ Open Access policy.
• PubMed Journal Finder:To verify that journals are indexed in Medline, choose "Journal" from the drop down menu next to the search box.
• NLM Catalog - Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases (PubMed, Protein, Gene, etc). Includes publication dates, abbreviations, full titles and more.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Find High-quality, Peer-reviewed OpenAccess Journals in all subjects and languages. 
• Open Access Scholary Publishing Association (OASPA): To check whether a publisher is a member of the OASPA to avoid Predatory Publishing.  
• Journal Evaluation Tool (PDF) from Loyola Marymount University                                                                             

• Instructions to Authors Database

  Maintained by UT Libraries, this database links to the Instructions to Authors from over 6000 journals in life science & health fields.

• Publish, Not Perish

  Excellent online tutorial with 5 modules, developed at University of Colorado, which focuses on publishing in scholarly journals.

• Elsevier's Understanding the Publishing Process - How to Publish in Scholarly Journals

  "The booklet takes you through the publishing process steps: from writing your article and selecting a journal to the submission and peer review process. It also covers promoting your article and measuring its impact."

• Elsevier's Research Academy

  Set of lectures, videos, and quick guides for navigating the publication process. Includes writing, peer review, ethics, dissemination and others.

• Wiley's Author Resources

  Advice on how to prepare a journal article. See table of contents at left for related information.

• Sage Publications' How to Get Published

  Quick over publications and videos on the journal article writing, submission, and publication process.

• APA (American Psychological Association) Authors and Reviewers Resource Center

  Includes calls for papers, manuscript preparation guidelines, and other resources for authors.

• Publishing your Research 101 (American Chemical Society)

  Series of videos about publishing research in chemsitry.

• Tips for Turning Your Dissertation into a Book (Routledge)

  Good general advice for turning your graduate dissertation into a book.

• Choosing a Journal (Taylor & Francis)

  Questions to ask yourself when choosing a journal, how to u se a journals 'Aims & Scope' to help selection etc. Plus advice on writing your paper, making a submission, etc.

• Author Academy (Springer)

  A sereis of short, interactive modules on writing a manuscript, submitting & peer review, open access, and book publishing.

• Equator Network

  The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines.

To encourage the free dissemination of research which is often stifled by high journal subscription costs, the scientific and library communities often encourage researchers to publish in Open Access (OA) journals. OA resources are peer-reviewed scholarly resources that are free to access and are freely reproducible with proper acknowledge and citation. 

• PubMed Central

• Directory of Open Access Journals

• Committee on Publication Ethics

Publication in Open Access journals increases the visibility and research impact of published research, freely provides an access to published research for readers, increases the sharing of the research, and research impact tracking. However, there are disadvantages of publishing in OA journals, which are the varying degree of peer-review process causing low quality research publication, data sharing jeopardize the research of junior researchers, and publication fee.

OA Publication Process:

• Write research article.
• Conduct a search for a potential OA journal for publication using Directory of Open Access Journals and Open Access Scholarly Publisher Association.
• Verify authority of the journal using Web of Science Journal Citation Report.
• Determine if journals are indexed by academic databases.
• Determine the self-archiving privileges, rights, and permissions.
• Explore journal publication information (e.g., IF, JCR, SJR), editorial information, and publication fee.
• Explore an information for authors that is required for submission in OA journal.