Library: Journal & Publisher Evaluation for Authors: Finding Journals & Publishers

Resources for Finding Journals

Directory of Nursing Journals
Includes links to Author Guidelines
Nursing Journal Editor Survey Results to Help Nurses Publish (2014)
Includes acceptance rates, time from submission to decision.
Jane (Journal/Author Name Estimator)
Compares your article title/abstract to Medline records to match to journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Search by journal title or browse by subject.

Think Check Submit
Tool to help you identify trusted publishers for books & chapters and journals.
Be iNFORMEd Checklist
Checklist to assess the quality of a journal or publisher.
How to Recognize a Credible Academic Publisher
A guide from Woolf University.
Predatory Publishing Discussion
Guide to help understand predatory publishers, how to recognize them, and protect yourself.
Beall's List of Predatory Publishers
List of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open access publishers. Considering publishing in an open access journal? The publisher should NOT be on this list.