Research Guides: Scholarly Communications & Publishing: Submitting

What to Expect

How to Submit a Journal Article
This article will walk you through the process of how to submit a journal article.

Choosing a Journal

Look at the bibliography for your article. Are there journals that you have cited multiple times because they have published other articles related to your topic? If so, consider whether they would be good places to submit your article.
Use Google Scholar or the Library Catalog to search for other articles on your topic. Where were they published? Can you publish there, too?

Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
Cabells provides journal info, evaluation metrics, and submission details. FHSU subscribes to the Business and Economics sections.
Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Grand Valley State University: Open Access Journal Quality Indicators
These guidelines are intended to help you evaluate open access publications as you consider appropriate publication venues and invitations to serve as a reviewer or editor.
Open Policy Finder
Open Policy Finder is an online resource that aggregates and analyzes publisher open access policies from around the world. It provides summaries of self-archiving permissions and author rights on a journal-by-journal basis.
ThinkCheckSubmit
Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research. This international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals contains all information available on the journals and series on the MLA International Bibliography's Master List of Periodicals.

Open in Order to Increase Your Impact: Metric Soup
This presentation explains impact factors, the h-index, altmetrics, and other standard measures of research impact. It demonstrates the validity of these metrics for different use cases and discusses how open access publishing can help you increase the impact of your research.

Scimago Journal Rankings
Scimago tracks the h-index for journals and also has a proprietary measure for ranking journals called Scimago Journal Rank (SJR)
Be Wary of Predatory Journals
The University of Missouri Libraries' Where to Publish Your Research guide provides a robust list of information and tips to assist authors who want to publish their work. It includes important and detailed information and suggestions for identifying where NOT to publish your work.

Best Practices for Authors

Many publishers offer general best practices and ethics guidance to authors in addition to the detailed instructions and requirements for submitting to individual journals.

Ethics for for Authors

Taylor & Francis Author Services site offers this infographic and an article to assist authors when thinking about ethical writing practices.

Top 10 Ethics Tips

Wiley shares its Top 10 publishing ethics tips.

Responsible research publication: international standards for authors
This article talks about the international standards for authors of scholarly research publications.