Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper
For researchers in the natural sciences who want to identify the best journal for their research
With insights from 12 researchers and experts in journal selection and academic publishing
4 hours of learning
5-20-minute lessons
3-module course with certificate
About this course
With thousands of journals available and some disreputable ones to avoid, selecting the best one to showcase your hard-earned results can be challenging but crucial.
But what does ‘best’ mean? Readership, quality, prestige, and publication cost are key factors. It’s also important not to overlook factors like article access and editorial services.
In this course, you will learn a step-by-step process for choosing the most appropriate scholarly journals to target for your paper, and how to prioritise which journal to submit your paper to first.
If you would like to preview this course, you can try a free sample.
What you'll learn
- Know why and when you should start searching for the best journals
- Choose the most appropriate type of journal based on the content of your paper
- Identify journals that reach your target audience
- Evaluate other factors when choosing your journal and how to interpret them, including journal quality, aims and scope, publishing model, cost of publication and additional services offered
- Choose which journal to submit to first
- Utilise pre-submission enquiries to check if a journal is the best fit.
The course
Free Sample
About this course
1 lesson 15m
Free Sample
Preparing to publish in a journal
5 lessons 30m
Free Sample
How to choose a journal
13 lessons 3h
Free Sample
Key takeaways and knowledge check
2 lessons 30m
Free Sample
Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper: FREE SAMPLE
3 lessons 15m
Developed with experts in scientific publishing
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Advice from experienced editors, researchers and professionals
The course contains additional insights from a range of professionals with expertise across the scientific publishing process.
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