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Journal Citation Reports
Look up subject categories to find journals ranked by impact factors. Journals in the social sciences and science only. Humanity journals do not have impact factors.
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Date Coverage: 1997- date
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SCIMago Journal Ranking
27 major thematic areas and over 300 specific subject categories. Developed from information contained in the Scopus database.

Search by keyword

Search either of the following two databases using keywords that relate to your research area and then select Source Titles in the Refine Results column on the left side of the results display.

Scopus Database with abstracts and citations of research literature and quality web sources, including journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, abstracts, and patent records. A multidisciplinary resource covering materials from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Also indexes EMBASE and allows you to locate the most highly cited items and the articles that cite them.
Date Coverage: 1970-present; selected access back to 1823

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Tutorial: https://supporthub.scopus.com

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Web of Science Core Collection Indexes thousands of scholarly journals, books, reports, conferences and more. Citation information and analysis with cited reference searching available. The collection includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1990-present), Social Sciences Citation Index Expanded (1990-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present), Book Citation Index (2005-present), Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present) and Index Chemicus (1993-present).
Date Coverage: Varies by collection
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Search by discipline

MLA Directory of Periodicals
Directory of over 3,700 periodicals in literature, language, linguistics, folklore. Searchable by keyword and subject to see what journals cover a particular area.
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Date Coverage: Current
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Academic Journal Guide
Chartered Association of Business Schools listing of business and management journals. Includes ratings. Must register to view guide.

Analyze article text to find related journals
Copy and paste article title and/or abstract into search box to find appropriate journals.

Open Access Journal Finder
Input research abstract and OAJF uses search algorithm to determine relevant journals indexed by the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
Web of Science Manuscript Matcher
Find the most relevant journals to your research based on data in Web of Science.
Journal Guide
Tool provided by Research Square. Currently works for bioscience, humanities and social sciences journals.
Verified Status indicates reputable journals that are likely to offer a "reasonable option for publication".
Search by keywords or subject to find journals in a particular area.
Endnote (Online) Match feature
Enter your manuscript title and abstract into Endnote Web. Endnote uses Web of Science data to suggest appropriate journals. You can also indicate which folder of references in your Endnote account you used to write manuscript.
Note: Will need to set up an account with MU email address. Create a new password for Endnote web if you don't already have one. Do not use your university password.
JSTOR Labs Text Analyzer
Upload your document. Results list related articles from JSTOR journals.
Edanz Journal Selector
Search results limited to Springer, AIP (American Institute of Physics) and BioMed Central journals.
Elsevier Journal Finder
Springer Nature Journal Suggestor
IEEE Publication Recommender
FSTA Journal Recommendation Service
Journal recommender for food science and technology research. Journals recommended have gone through quality checks.
Pubmed PubReMiner
Biomedical journals
JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator
Biomedical journals
Note: JANE relies on the data in PubMed, which can contain papers from predatory journals, and therefore these journals can appear in JANE's results. To help identify high-quality journals, JANE now tags journals that are currently indexed in MEDLINE, and open access journals approved by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Jot (Yale)
Biomedicine and life sciences.
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Enter your manuscript title and abstract to see which journals might be a good fit for your manuscript and to gauge your prospect of having it accepted by a journal. In addition to approximate Journal Impact Factors, CiteScores and other metrics, JOT provides links to open access options, including article publishing charges for some journals that are fully open access.

Where to Publish Your Research

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