If you are a student, you can ask your tutor or your brothers and sisters. As predecessors, they have been doing research for longer than themselves, and they have been in the professional field for a long time. They must make contributions to periodical papers in related fields and have rich experience in all aspects. Asking them for advice is the easiest and quickest way.

Pay attention to references

When studying other people's papers and making literature records, record the periodicals in the references behind your own papers, so you can consider choosing. In addition, you can carefully study your own literature list. If you find yourself quoting several articles from the same journal, then this journal is probably suitable for publishing your paper.

Website query

Using some websites to select publications is also a more convenient and intelligent way. Such as HowNet, Jane, etc.

Jane's operation is also very simple, just enter the title or abstract of your article in the search box, and then select "Find".

Periodicals can search for some periodicals that have published articles on similar topics. And these periodicals can be included in the scope of periodical selection.

What should I do if I choose the target publication, but I don't know its quality and reputation in the industry?

At this time, we can judge the quality of periodicals by the following methods:

Impact factor (IF)

As we all know, SCI journals have an if value (impact factor). The higher the if, the higher the journal level. Take the top three magazines as an example, and the average IF is around 40. However, if it should not be regarded as the only standard. Due to different disciplines, the impact factors can not completely determine the quality of publications. For example, many bosses in the computer field prefer to send conference papers.

Manuscript quality

After selecting the target publications, you can go to official website and look at the papers published in journals in recent years. The higher the quality of previous articles, the higher the gold content of their published articles.

Peer review

Compared with some vague data, the reputation of publications in the industry is the most intuitive. Searching for keywords on the internet can show the comments of peers in the industry on this publication. If 80% or 90% is favorable, it means that this journal is indeed up to standard. However, if there are mixed reviews or even bad reviews, then the author can consider changing the journal delivery.

Factors to be considered when submitting: Time:

It takes a long time to review manuscripts of SCI journals, especially some journals. If you are unlucky and something unexpected happens in the middle, it may take up to a year to review the manuscript. Coupled with the follow-up scheduling and printing time, I'm really not sure when I can see the publication ... If your paper is time-sensitive, or the title evaluation is urgently needed, you must take the time factor into account.

Page cost:

The page fee is generally calculated according to the number of pages, plus the cost of color pictures, which is also a big expense. The page fee of some publications is as high as nearly 10,000 yuan, especially in open source journals, considering that the current exchange rate is unfavorable to RMB. Therefore, before submitting a manuscript, consider not only the time factor, but also the page fee to see if the cost of publishing an article in your target publication is within your acceptable range. Don't wait for the employment notice to find that the page fee greatly exceeds expectations.