Selecting a suitable journal for submitting an article to is a process that requires some experience and knowledge. Below are some resources to look into:
SPI-Hub: Scholarly Publishing Information Hub
- SPI-Hub attempts to provide prospective authors with the available information on quality, rigor, and transparency of the journal publishing industry to aid with informed decision making for the purpose of identifying a publishing avenue.
Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)
- Enter the title and/or abstract of your paper and click 'Find Journals'. JANE will compare your document to others to find the best matching journals. To help identify high-quality journals, JANE tags journals that are currently indexed in MEDLINE, and open access journals approved by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Elsevier Journal Finder
- Search using your abstract or keywords and other details to find an Elsevier journal that matches the scope of your article.
CiteScore
- CiteScore is a simple way of measuring the citation impact of journals. It measures the number of citation to an article over a four-year period.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- The DOAJ is a searchable directory of open access journals across all disciplines.
Once you decide on the journal you want to submit your manuscript to, follow the specific Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences by Mulford Library. They provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences.