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Selecting the Right Journal for your Scientific Manuscript
Amanda BielskasHead of Collection Development for Science & Engineering LibrariesEmail: asb2154@columbia.edu Slide2
How many journals...
…are out there to publish in?…does Columbia have access to? Slide3
Finding
the right journal in which to publish your article can be a difficult process. Slide4
Selecting the Right Journal for your Scientific
ManuscriptOutline:Criteria to considerImpact Factor & other metrics
Open access
journals
Tools
: help identify journals to publish inSlide5
Criteria to
consider: Journal information/ContentJournals used by yourself/ mentors/advisor/colleaguesTypes of articles published (original research, review, case study
)
L
ength of manuscript accepted
Supplemental dataSlide6
Criteria to
consider: Reputation of the journal# years in publicationCost and availability (journal cost effectiveness)
Open
access
P
eer review status
Impact
factorSlide7
Criteria
to consider: Reputation of the journalReputation of the journal (publisher, editor)
Acceptance/rejection rates (journals with lower acceptance rates are generally more prestigious)
Quality of accepted articles and
authors
Audience of journal (
readership)
Audience Size (
indexing &
circulation
)Slide8
Criteria to consider
:Review ProcessTime to publication (speed of peer review, pre-pub online) Publication Costs & Author Fees: (should
fall
in the industry standard $1500 - $5000
range)Slide9
Impact Factor?
The Journal Impact Factor reflects the average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It’s one measure of the relative importance of a journal within its field.
High
impact
factor ~ more
important
A
= the number of times articles published in
2012
and
2013
were cited by indexed journals during
2014.
B
= the total number of "citable items" published in
2012
and
2013.
A
/
B
=
2014
impact factor Slide10
How to Identify High Impact journals in your field:
JCR - Journal Citation Reports
from Thomson's
InCites
/
Web of ScienceSlide11Slide12Slide13
Balancing impact factor…
Other considerations:Eigenfactor scoreAlternative metrics
Other rankingsSlide14
Eigenfactor
Score:The Eigenfactor score is a rating of the total importance of a scientific journal. Considers the origin of the incoming citations
R
eflects
how frequently an average researcher would access content from that
journal.
J
ournals
generating higher impact to the field have larger
Eigenfactor
scores
.
Eigenfactor
scores adjust
for citation differences across disciplines.
Calculated
based on the citations received over a five year period.Slide15
Other rankings
: (Scopus)SJRSJR (SCImago Journal Rank) is weighted by the prestige of a journal. Subject field, quality, and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation.
Also, SJR normalizes for differences in citation behavior between subject fields.
Four years
of data are needed to calculate a
SJR.For
example, if Scopus has complete citation data for a journal starting from 1996, the first SJR value available is for 1999.
Learn more
IPP
Compare the ratio of citations per article published in a journal. The Impact per Publication metric is using a citation window of
three years
which is considered to be the optimal time period to accurately measure citations in most subject fields.
Learn more
SNIP
SNIP measures a source’s contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a
subject field
.
Learn more
% Not cited
Percentage of documents published in the year that have never been cited to date.Slide16
Manuscript Matching Tools:
Jane (Journal/Author Name Estimator) - compare your document to documents in Medline to find the best matching journals, authors or articles. Edanz
Journal Selector
Endnote –
Manuscript
Matcher
Elsevier Journal Finder
- (publisher specific
)
Springer Journal Selector
- (publisher specific)
Slide17
Manuscript Matching Tools:
Example abstract:Although the issue of anthropogenic climate forcing and public health is widely recognized, one fundamental aspect has remained underappreciated: the impact of climatic change on plant biology and the well-being of human systems. Objectives: We aimed to critically evaluate the extant and probable links between plant function and human health, drawing on the pertinent literature. Discussion: Here we provide a number of critical examples that range over various health concerns related to plant biology and climate change, including aerobiology, contact dermatitis, pharmacology, toxicology, and pesticide use. Conclusions: There are a number of clear links among climate change, plant biology, and public health that remain underappreciated by both plant scientists and health care providers. We demonstrate the importance of such links in our understanding of climate change impacts and provide a list of key questions that will help to integrate plant biology into the current paradigm regarding climate change and human health.From: Ziska, L. H., Epstein, P. R., & Schlesinger, W. H. (2009). Rising CO2, climate change, and public health: Exploring the links to plant biology.
Environmental Health Perspectives, 117
(2), 155-158. doi:10.1289/ehp.11501
Jane
(Journal/Author
Name
Estimator)
Slide18
Open-Access Publications:
Open Access (OA) is the practice of providing the public with unrestricted online access to scholarly journal articles.Pros:Free access = wider audienceAuthor often retains copyrightCons: Author Fees
Some predatory journals (see Beall’s List)
Concerns about quality control and authenticitySlide19
COAP Fund:
(Columbia Open-Access Publication Fund)Current Columbia University faculty, staff and students are invited to deposit their scholarly work and research materials into Academic Commons, Columbia’s online repository. More info: coapfund@columbia.edu
RSC Gold
for Gold:
Free
author
tokens
For publishing in RSCSlide20
Be
iNFORMEd: Duke University - A checklist to assess the quality of a journal or publisher
Beall’s
List
: of Potential
, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers
Caution!!!Slide21
For additional information see:
Tools for Authors: Selecting a Journal for PublicationWhere to Publish Your Research: Choosing the Right Journal
Beall’s
List
Journal Cost-Effectiveness
2013
www.eigenfactor.org
Journal Citation Reports
(
WoS
)
Scopus
Slide22
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(Studio @Butler)October 15, 2:00pmHPC: Intro to HPC(Studio @Butler)October 22, 2:00pmResearch Minus the Stress:
Open Access and Copyright
(Davis
Auditorium)
October 27, 2:00pm Slide23
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Questions?
Amanda BielskasEmail: asb2154@columbia.edu