how to choose a journal for your scientific publication

2014-08-29

how to choose a journal for your scientific publication
how to choose a journal for your article
how to pick a journal for an article

Elsevier Journal finder tool
http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
Springer Journal finder tool

http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors/journal+authors+academy?SGWID=0-1726414-12-837833-0

BioMed Central journal finder tool

http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/chooseajournal

Article about factors to consider when choosing a journal

http://www.biosciencewriters.com/Selecting-a-Target-Journal-for-Your-Scientific-Manuscript.aspx

Some factors to consider when choosing a journal

How well does the scope of the journal match the article?
Open Access
Impact factor
Average time to complete peer review
Cascading peer review?
Typical speed of publication
Online pre-publication
Readership, reader statistics

Here is a spreadsheet template for comparing journals
"C:\Users\kurtw_000\Documents\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2013\12-17-2013d0903\template for comparing journals 12-17-2013d1328.xlsx"