This document discusses factors to consider when choosing where to publish research, including journal quality metrics and indexing. It covers: 1. Tools to help find an appropriate journal, including JournalGuide, JournalFinder, and others that search databases like Web of Science, Scopus, and Springer. 2. Common journal quality metrics like Journal Impact Factor (JIF), CiteScore, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), Eigenfactor, and SNIP, and when each may be most useful. 3. Author impact metrics like the h-index, m-index, and i10-index to evaluate individual researcher impact over time and career stage.

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1- Factors to consider when choosing where to
publish
2- Online Journal Selectors
Finding a journal that is a good fit for your paper
Simply insert your title and abstract ( or just some key words )
in one of the following Free Web Search Tool
The Top Four Journal Selector Tools Database
1 www.journalguide.com  Web of Science WOS
2 www.Journalfinder.elsevier.com  Scopus- Elsevier
3 http://jane.biosemantics.org/  PubMed MEDLINE
4 www.journalsuggester.springer.com/  Springer & BMC
Journal quality
Journal Impact Factor (JIF) , Scimago journal ranking (SJR) .
Timelines –
Acceptance rates, Time taken for peer review, Time to publish
Indexing -
Will it be indexed in the major citation databases :
(Scopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE, DOAJ )?

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3- Major Journals and Author Metrics
3.A- Journal Metrics
Journal Impact Factor ( IF)
Based on Web of Science citation data - Calculated annually
 JIF = the number of times articles published in the
previous 2 years have been cited in the year of reporting,
divided by the number of citable items.
Accessible via website (Incites Journal Citations Reports)
 you want to determine
quality based on
Journal Impact Factor
or journal ranking
 a publication is
indexed in Web of
Science
JIF cannot be used to
compare across
different disciplines
CiteScore
Based on Scopus citation data- Calculated monthly
CiteScore = the number of times documents published in the
previous 3 years have been cited in the year of reporting,
divided by the number of documents.
 All types of documents (conference proceedings,
letters etc.) are included in the CiteScore calculation
rather than just research papers and reviews
 CiteScores freely available, from Scopus
 you want to determine
quality based on
CiteScore
 a publication is
indexed in Scopus
 you want to include a
range of documents
 you want an
alternative to JIF

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SJR SCImago Journal Rank
Based on Scopus citation data

 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) is a ranking based on the
transfer of prestige from one journal to another
 calculations are similar to those of Journal Impact Factor but are
normalised for fields that don't cite much, and citations are
weighted on the prestige of the citing journal
 free resource available at www.scimagojr.com/
 also accessible within Scopus – click Compare Journals on the
Scopus home page
 a Journal Impact
Factor is not
available, and a
publication is
indexed in
Scopus
 you want to
account for
prestige of citing
journals
 investigating
across different
fields
Eigenfactor
Based on Journal Citation Reports & Web of Science citation data

citations from highly cited journals influence the score more than
citations from lesser cited journals
 excludes self-citations
 calculated by citation received in the year from publications in
the previous 5 years
 publications are
indexed in Web
of Science
 an established
researcher
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
Based on Scopus citation data
 SNIP is the ratio of a source's average citation count per
paper and the 'citation potential' of its subject field
 allows direct comparison of sources in different subject fields
 publications are
indexed in
Scopus
 you want to
account for
variations in
citing patterns
within
disciplines
 investigating
across different
field

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3.B-Author Impact
h-index (and its variants)
H-index
The h-index tends to favour those in a later stage of career or those in fields that
actively cite and publish. It can only increase over time and is not a measure of current
productivity.
The h-index is equal to the number of publications (h) which have been cited at least h
times.
Example: ….this researcher has 5 publications cited at least 5 times. Therefore they
have a h-index of 5.
The m-index may help in the comparison of early-career and established researchers.
The m-index equals the h-index divided by the number of years of activity.
The i10 index was created by Google Scholar. If you have created a free Google
Scholar profile, you can find your i10 index in the My Citations feature of your profile.
i10-Index is the number of articles cited (by others) at least 10 time
For more details
http://guides.lib.monash.edu/research-impact-publishing/journal-quality
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