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Getting Ready to Publish

Finding Places to Publish
Why is it important to know about the many avenues for publication?

• Discover the broader landscape of journals that exist, beyond the ones that your professor or colleagues have told you about
• Find more journal options to submit your research results to
• Don't fall victim to predatory publishers; learn how to evaluate journals

Factors to think about

Where have similar articles been published?

• Finding such articles
  • ​Search your library's system for your topic and look at the journals in which such articles have been published
  • Search a database for articles on similar subject; look at the journals
  • Search the list of journals your library subscribes to by subject, to come up with journals that publish in that area

Where can I find a journal with high impact? 

You can use the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) below to see how a journal is ranked, and how it compares with others in the field