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Selection of a journal for
the manuscript
Kıymet Kübra YURT, PhD Student
Department of Histology and Embryology
Medical School
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Samsun, Turkey
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Contents• Expectations
• Determining Potential Candidate Journals
• Publishing Goals
• Properties of the journal
• Determine your journal strategy
• Golden rules
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Key Points Summary
• Selecting the best target journal
• The most important factors
• Journals with a broad audience and
high impact factor
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Selecting the best target journal
Publishing in the right journal
Fast publication
Why selecting the best target journal important for publishing?
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Expectations• Sharing and dissemination of information
• Achieve an academic carrier
• Publication in a journal with high impact factor (IF)
• Having large number of publications
• Increasing the number of citations
• Having a high h index
• Popularity
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Properties of manuscript
Quality of studyType
Clinical researchExperimental studyCase reportLetter to the editorChaptersBooks
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Determining Potential Candidate Journals
• Does the journal currently
publish papers on subjects
such as yours?
• The most common yet
avoidable reason for journal
rejection is mismatch between
the manuscript and the
journal aims and scope.
TIPRead through the journal’s aims and scope and then go through the titles and abstracts of papers in recently published issues of the journal. This will help you narrow down the topics the journal is interested in.
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Selecting a Target Journal Based on Your
Publishing Goals
Get Published Quickly
Highest Possible Impact Factor
Largest Possible Audience
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1. Goal: Get Published Quickly
• Pre-submission inquiries - “Cover letter”
• Average time to complete peer review
• Cascading peer review
• Typical speed of publication
• Online pre-publication
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2.Goal: Highest Possible Impact Factor
• Finding journal impact factors
• Balancing impact factor with audience
considerations
• Journals with similar impact factors
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3. Goal: Largest Possible Audience
• Indexing
• Readership and circulation statistics
• Open access
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Read many times the guide for authors of the
journal
Adhere to type of article, page format, figures
Be aware of word/figure/table limits
Use the suitable reference and citation styles
according to the journal's
Guide for authors
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Properties of the journal
• Owner of the journalo Society journals are more prestigious journalso Have the largest circulation
• Editor of the journalo Editors' choices may influence the editorial policy
• Peer reviewed journal
• Rejection rate of the journal
• Cost of publicationo Cost of color printing
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Properties of the journal
• Languageo National languageo English
• The frequency of publicationo Weekly, monthly, bi-monthly
• Continuityo Be cautious about new journals; will they survive?
• Accessibilityo Print versiono Electronico Free of charge
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How to create a publication
schedule and why
The time taken from submission to acceptance for a
publication in a journal
A few months to 3-4 years.
Why so long?
Because manuscripts typically get rejected rather
than accepted by the first.
It is a common for a paper to be rejected up to 3 or 4
times before accepted by a journal.
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Determine your journal strategy You should create a list of at
least 5 journals to submit your
manuscript.
The paper will not get
accepted by the first journal.
Consider various strategies
while determining this list of
journals.
Neurosc 3.327
Int J Dev
Neuros 2.918
Brain Res 2.828
Neurosci Let 2.055
Int J Neuosci. 1.528
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Determine your journal strategy
Try your luck with 3 prestigious journals
before lowering the target for the last 2
journals.
Like to publish in a prestigious journal but
cannot afford to risk waiting a year or two
years to publish.
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High Impact Factor
Indexing
Accessibility
My priorities:
• Journal with high impact factor
• Indexed in PubMed and/or SCI
• Available online and free
Choosing the wrong journal = waste of time
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• Read more articles
• Write many articles
• Share the manuscript with your colleagues for critical
review before submission
• Do not settle in your article rejected
• Obey the guidelines
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Having a manuscript accepted for publication is quite an achievement.
Often you (and your co-authors) will have completed several years of experimentation and data analysis to complete your story.
You recognize everyone that participated in the research with congratulations and even a small celebration!
Finally…