LibGuides: Measuring Your Research Impact: Where to Publish

Journal Acceptance Rates

CABELL'S International This link opens in a new window
Cabell’s includes systems for identifying both journal analytics and a predatory journals directory. The searchable Journalytics database includes 18 academic disciplines from more than thirteen thousand international scholarly publications. Evaluation metrics include bibliometrics, journal ranking and acceptance rate.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

1. Find the right journal for your work

DOAJ - a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Elsevier Journal Finder - Search Elsevier journals to find possible journals that match areas of research.
Springer Journal Suggester - Search Springer and BioMed Central journals to find possible journals that match areas of research.

2. Assess the journal's quality.

Think Check Submit - Follow this check list to help you choose trusted journals for your research.

3. Find the journal's impact score.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
- Evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
- Collates the scientific indicators on journals and countries taken from the Scopus database (1999-now)

4. Consider Open Access (OA) journals.

Perpetual access to documents
Increased visibility of scientific literature
Increased impact of publications: increase in citations of authors and publications
Increased visibility of institutions

5. Be sure to look at the copyright license.

It is important to know what type of license you sign with your publisher concerning copyright. This license affects your ownership of your scholarship and any subsequent use of your article. More about author right from SPARC.

In order to determine the most appropriate journals in your field or discipline, you might want to consider the following factors:

Indexes: where is it indexed? Is it an open access journal?
Editorial board: who sits on the board? What is their standing?
- What is the standing of other authors who have published in this journal?
Relevance: what does the journal cover and is it relevant for your discipline?
Journal quality: what is the journal's impact factor or its peer review system?
Discipline-specific: contact your liaison librarian