Selecting a Publication for your Scholarly Work: Evaluating journals
This guide contains tools to help you locate suitable journals for your manuscripts and also to help with identifying predatory journals.
Last Updated: Feb 5, 2025 9:16 AM
Evaluating journals
- Cabells Journalytics Medicine and Predatory Reports This link opens in a new windowJournalytics Medicine and Predatory Reports can help UB health sciences authors select journals for article submission and avoid predatory journals. It is a continually growing collection which currently includes 8,900+ medical journals that meet the criteria for quality publications and 19,000+ predatory journals.More InfoData UB ONLY
- Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new windowEvaluate and compare scholarly journals using citation data drawn from over 10,500 scholarly and technical journals in all areas of the sciences and social sciences More InfoData UB ONLY
- Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new windowDirectory of magazines, journals, and other serial publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Finding the Right Journal WorksheetChecklist to help you identify your publication goals and narrow down what journals might be suitable.
Created by Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library - Evaluating a Journal WorksheetWorksheet to help you evaluate potential journals.
Created by the Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library - Think. Check. Submit.Checklist to help authors evaluate journals for legitimacy.
- Detecting Predatory Journals/Publishers ChecklistChecklist for determining if a journal is legitimate or predatory
