Selecting where to Publish
When you are ready to publish your research, you will want to identify and target the most appropriate and high quality journals in your field. Your supervisor and research colleagues are obvious sources of information on the most appropriate journals to target. However, your literature review will also have revealed the journals that are publishing related research.
The quality of a journal is dependent upon a number of variants and is often defined by the field you are working in.
- The impact factor is considered an indicator of the calibre of journals in many fields and you can discover these metrics using the Journal Citation Reports.
- Peer-Review is another indicator of the quality of a journal.
If you are publishing a book, it is important to obtain an ISBN for your publication to maximise exposure.
If you are publishing a journal or any serial publication that will be published as regular issues under the same name, you should obtain an ISSN to maximise the visibility your publication.
