Journals can be qualitatively evaluated by their information and attributes. With increasing concerns about deceptive or predatory journals, check a journal's website or its or "About" section to determine the following qualities, and if your manuscript is a good fit for the journal:
See this example from Review of Educational Research (RER):
Bibliometrics
Scholars may also identify journals by reviewing its bibliometrics like its Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore, or others. Bibliometrics provide a descriptive number for its citations and often provide ranks of the journals within fields. See the following sources to identify journals, its rank and other bibliometrics.
Consult a journal directory to find a journal's publishing information, search by publishing criteria, and confirm its legitimacy. A directory can address the following:
Consult a disciplinary index to review publications vetted by societies or other organizations. Many of these indexes also allow you to find research and publishing venues based on citations, references or funding.
Publishers and other organizations have developed new services that assist authors in targeting or narrowing down a group of appropriate journals for publication. These services use different search engines and vary according to the size and scope of their source databases.
Publisher Tools
The journal author pages provide information regarding its aims and scope and its submission process. See these links to some of the major scholarly publishers.
Transformative agreements between commercial, scholarly publishers and academic entities are increasing. These agreements can also be known as read and publish agreements or similar terms. When an author is affiliated with an institution or system, the cost of publishing their work in a publisher's open access journals may be waived or reduced.
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