Selecting Journals

While choosing a journal to target for your next publication, what do you consider? There are many important factors to keep in mind. Your research must, of course, be relevant to…

The debate in the research community over whether and how to transition from the subscription model to open access (OA) continues to rage. Recently, mirror journals are proposed as…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. You aim to publish your work in an accredited, peer-reviewed journal. This means that others in your field gave…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. As researchers, publishing our work is important for two main reasons. It helps us gain recognition for doing…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Plan S is an exciting development for the research community. So what exactly is Plan S? The key goal of Plan S…

Authors wishing to publish their research aim to publish in journals with the highest ratings. Publishing in a prestigious journal not only looks good on your CV, but may also give…

Does your article search return thousands of articles, many irrelevant to your research? To increase their visibility and readership, journals index their publications on indexing…

We cannot discuss megajournals without discussing open-access (OA) publishing. OA provides free access to published information with advantages such as no subscription fees, no…

Journal databases are an important research tool to navigate prior to completing a well-organized research publication. Following on from the first steps of finding the right…

Finding the right academic journal is central to preventing the common mistake of editorial rejection of manuscripts, prior to peer review. The Springer Journal Suggester is an…

There is a constant rise in the number of articles published in predatory journals. Young, inexperienced researchers are the main target of a growing group of dubious publishers…

Researchers frequently spend time thinking about journal selection. What should be the best journal to publish their academic research? Academic publishing giant Elsevier aims to…