Due to the availability of a plethora of journals in various domains including multi-disciplinary domain, it becomes a mammoth task for research scholars to find the right journal for their scholarly article. Choosing the right journal for your well written and well research article requires various deliberations.

How to choose an appropriate scholarly & reputable journal with options like open access, peer-reviewed, available online / offline and the right journal to publish your research paper. This blog will help fellow research scholars to easily search for an appropriate journal, avoid submitting an article in a predatory journal or a wrong journal thereby preventing desk rejection and time loss.

Tips while selecting the right journal

1. Prepare a list of journals in your respective domain and subject area

2. Journal indexing and discoverability: ABDC, ABS, Scopus, WoS, UGC etc

3. Citation of the article: Have you cited or read any articles from this journal?

4. Known Journal: Did your colleagues or co-authors publish in this journal?

5. Editorial Board: Do you recognize the members of the editorial board

6. Information about the publisher

7. Quality of the Journal: find its indexing

8. Subject scope: review the aims & scope of the journals match that of your study

9. Journal Publishing cycle

10. Peer review process: example double blind-review

11. Acceptance rates: identify the average acceptance rate / rejection rate for this journal

12. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): Does the journal issue DOI for your article once accepted

13. Journal Metrics: SCIMAGO Journal Rank (SJR), Citescore, Quartile (Q1, Q2 etc), Impact Factor

14. Journal Archives: Scan the journal archives to identify types of articles and type of content the journal published previously

15. Instructions to authors

16. Open access options

17. Audience/readership of the journal

18. Review the journal’s policies and procedures

19. Copyright model used by Journal

20. Journals code of ethics

21. APC charges: Does the journal charge any publishing cost like Article Processing Charges (APC)

Journal Finder: Use the links given below

• an option provided by various publishers offering a simple way to search journals best suited for a researcher

• the tool provides recommendations to journals based on the title, abstract, keywords etc. of your research paper

Elsevier: Enter the title and abstract of your paper to easily find journals that could be best suited for publishing. JournalFinder uses smart search technology and field-of-research specific vocabularies to match your paper to scientific journals.

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com

IEEE: Find the best match for your scholarly article, Search 190+ periodicals and 1800+ conferences, Compare critical points such as Impact Factor and Submission-To-Publication Time

https://publication-recommender.ieee.org/home

JournalGuide: a free tool created by a group of software developers, former researchers, and scholarly publishing veterans at Research Square. Our goal for JournalGuide is to bring all sources of data together in one place to give authors a simple way to choose the best journal for their research.

https://www.journalguide.com/

Springer: journal matching technology finds relevant journals based on your manuscript details, Over 2,500 journals to Search all Springer and BMC journals to find the most suitable journal for your manuscript, Author choice to Easily compare relevant journals to find the best place for publication

http://journalsuggester.springer.com

Taylor & Francis: Choosing a journal for your research can seem daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. By asking some simple questions you can quickly narrow your focus.

https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/

Wiley: If you are not sure where to submit your article, Wiley Journal Finder Beta can suggest Wiley journals that may be relevant for your research. Simply enter your title and abstract and we’ll create a list of potential journals for you to consider. We also recommend reviewing the journal’s Aims and Scope before deciding where to submit.

https://journalfinder.wiley.com

Others

https://scopus.com

https://mjl.clarivate.com

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