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Choosing a Journal
Strategies and tools for investigating and evaluating your options
General Knowledge
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History
Publishing Life Cycle
Journal Categories & Article Types
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Journal Categories
Special Issues
Article Types
Negative or Null Results
Finding Relevant Journals
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Databases
Journal Selection Tools
Journal Match
Journal Readership
Guidelines & Expectations
Open Access Support at Northwestern
Funder Requirements
Journal Quality
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Industry Initiatives
Database Inclusion
Predatory Journals
Journal-Level Metrics
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Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
Immediacy Index
EigenFactor Score
CiteScore
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Peer Review
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Responding to Peer Review
Bouncing Back from Rejection
Journal Timeline
Other Dissemination Practices
Journal Match
Some further options to consider whether a journal matches your research topic are:
The readership of the journal
Author guidelines
Open access and article processing fees
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