Nov 3, 2022
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Dr Tushar Chauhan
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Indexing means if the article is available to read on a particular platform or not. An ideal journal must be indexed in Google scholar, Scopus, Pubmed and Research Gate.
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The impact factor is a measure of the quality of a journal. It shows how many times a particular article is cited in a year, 3 years or 5 years.
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It’s important to consider the time a journal takes to publish an article. The ideal time to accept and publish an article is 90 to 120 days.
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The acceptance rate is how many articles the journal accepts for a particular issue. A very high acceptance rate indicates poor quality. The ideal acceptance rate should be 50 to 70%.
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The citation rate shows how many times articles of a journal are cited. Higher the citation rate, the higher the quality of a journal.
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It’s important to consider the cost of publishing an article. Choose the journal as per your budget. Notedly, free-to-publish journals take more time to publish an article.
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A good quality journal has an expert review committee. Go to each reviewer and check if they have substantial experience in their field or not.
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Do check other publications of the journal to know the quality of work published by them and the expertise of the reviewers.
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Quality journals ask for ethical approvals, conflict of interest, originality of the work, informed consent and plagiarism clearance before publishing. They have their ethics.
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Also, consider if the journal provides any additional benefits to the author. For example, royalty on a purchase or free access to other articles.
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