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Finding Journals to Publish Your Work

There are so many journals!  Which one should you choose to publish your work? What are the criteria to consider?

  • Scientific rigor
  • Editorial quality
  • Peer review process
  • Ethics; free of plagiarism, conflicts of interest
  • Editorial board members
  • Journal reputation
  • Author rights and copyright
  • Indexing status
  • Impact Factor scores
  • Journal Operations (archival practices)
number of journals

Suiter, A. M., & Sarli, C. C. (2019). Selecting a Journal for Publication: Criteria to Consider. Missouri Medicine, 116(6), 461–465. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913840/

How do I avoid questionable journals?