Journal Information for Authors

The aim of this guide is to provide a convenient starting point for choosing journals to publish in. For assistance in using any of the databases, please Ask a Librarian.

Directory of Open Access Journals
This is a comprehensive Web site covering free (open access), full text, scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system.

Eigenfactor.org - from the University of Washington
Provides the Article Influence and Eigenfactor to scholarly journals, popular magazines, PhD theses, and newsprint in the natural and social sciences. The Article Influence is a measure of a journal's prestige based on per article citations and comparable to Impact Factor. The Eigenfactor is a measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year.

Harzing.com
The Journal Quality List is a compilation of academic journal rankings from a number of sources in areas of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing.

Journal Citation Reports (AU Community only)
JCR Web presents quantifiable statistical data that provide a systematic way to evaluate science and social science journals and their impact and influence. JCR Web has the latest five-year data on a journal. For information dating back further, one must consult the print/microfiche version:
Journal Citation Report. Sciences edition. (1999- )
Latest edition located in Ready Reference; previous editions in Reference Index/Abstracts. Call number: Q1.J3
Journal Citation Report. Social Sciences edition. (1998- )
Latest edition located in Ready Reference; previous editions in Reference Index/Abstracts. Call number: H1. 2945
Read more about the Journal Citation Reports and impact factors.

Journal-Ranking.com
Covers the journal titles from the Science Citation Index (SCI).

MLA Directory of Periodicals (AU Community only) - from the Modern Language Association
Contains information on journals covered in the MLA International Bibliography in the areas of language, literature, folklore and pedagogy. Provides the number of articles submitted and published for many of the journals.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (AU Community only)
The principal serials database, Ulrich's provides information on over 271,000 periodicals and serials from 80,000 publishers in over 200 countries. It also lists the indexes and databases that index a journal.
Hint: Using Advance Search, one can retrieve journal titles by subject and limit it to only active and/or refereed journals or those that are covered in the Journal Citation Report.

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