Determine Where to Publish
- JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator)
Have you recently written a manuscript, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Enter an abstract or keywords, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in Medline to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.
Increase Accessibility and Visibility
There are several steps you can take to make sure your research is accessible to a wide audience.
1. Open access (OA) publishing
- free to access and often has less restrictive copyright and licensing terms
- removes subscription cost barriers
- be aware of predatory/questionable journals
- Is the journal indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, or DOAJ?
- Think. Check. Submit. tool
- Directory of Open Access Journals
A list of quality & best practice in peer-reviewed, open access journals /research.
How open is it?
SPARC, PLOS, and OASPA have created a guide detailing the components that make up open access publishing. Click the image to view a larger PDF.
2. Write with "discoverability" in mind
- make sure title, abstract, keywords, etc. are clear and descriptive of your work
- reiterate keywords in abstract
- publish in a journal indexed in more databases
3. Use social media to promote your work
- reaches a wider audience
- easier to make connections with others in your field
- create an online profile
- register for ORCHID and ResearcherID
- altmetrics
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Metrics and Impact
Impact Measurements Consist of:
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
Citation data, journal impact metrics, and journal indexing. Includes all of MEDLINE and Embase.
- CiteScore for Journal Impact Values
CiteScore metrics are part of the Scopus basket of journal metrics that includes SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper), SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), citation- and document- counts and percentage cited. - SciMago (Journal Ranking, Impact Metrics)
Impact values of over 22,256 journals from Scopus (Excerpta Medica, PubMed, and more) - Metrics Toolkit
The Metrics Toolkit is a resource for researchers and evaluators that provides guidance for demonstrating and evaluating claims of research impact. With the Toolkit you can quickly understand what a metric means, how it is calculated, and if it’s good match for your impact question.
Writing Assistance
- MUSC Writing CenterThe Writing Center is a resource for students, faculty, and staff for the development of good writing skills.