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Scholarly Publishing: Finding a place to publish

Journal & Publisher Information Tools

Open Access Tools

Think. Check. Submit. is a campaign to help researchers identify trusted journals for their research.  It is a simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher.” They also have one about conferences Think. Check. Attend.

Jane: Journal/Author Name Estimator uses this website to help determine the best MEDLINE journal to approach for publishing a manuscript.

SPI-HUB is a tool from Vanderbilt. Enter up to 5 keywords describing the topic of your research into the SPI-Hub database to identify journals in which to publish your work.

Edanz Journal Selector allows you to search by keyword, journal name, abstract and more. Pulls results from publicly available data sources like Thomson Reuters’ annual Journal Citation Reports®.