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Identify Journals for Publication

This guide outlines common considerations for authors as they identify journal options for article publication.

Key Takeaways

Two of the best first steps to identify journal options are to:

  • Review the citations in your article's references
  • Search for your article the subject databases that you regularly use, and observe which journals appear most frequently in the search results.

While there are strategies to search for and evaluate journals that will apply to all, each author has a unique disciplinary context that will guide decisions about where to publish.

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