Scholarly Communications

A guide for early career researchers providing recommendations on how to identify venues where to submit work for publication. It clarifies the difference between various publication venues (i.e. journals, conferences, etc.), and gives pointers on how to identify suitable ones.

Detailed information and tips and tricks to select a suitable peer-reviewed journal.

Available for business journals, this directory includes information on the journals' acceptance rates, publication guidelines, number of copies required, types of review processes, number of internal and external reviewers, time required for review, and availability of reviewers' comments.

Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research.

A freely available, web-based tool that uses keywords to match a provided abstract or title to relevant journals, articles, or reviewers from PubMed.

A public portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained Elsevier's Scopus® database.

An index of peer-reviewed open access journals which have been reviewed for quality.

William H. Hannon Library's rubric to evaluate open access journals.

Tools and resources created by an international initiative to evaluate publishers, includes checklists for books, chapters, and journals.

COPE develops resources for editors and publishers on publication ethics, including guidance on retraction, plagiarism and other ethical concerns.

Perma.cc is a free web archiving service for legal and academic citations founded by the Harvard Library Innovation Lab to prevent link rot when publishing.

The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing outlines guidelines for ethical and transparent scholarly publishing. Key principles include clear website information, copyright and licensing policies, publication ethics, peer review processes, access details, ownership transparency, editorial team information, and business practices.

Retractions are not necessarily indicative of predatory publishing. However, citing retracted papers can undermine the credibility of your own work. This database can help identify journals that exhibit patterns of predatory behavior.