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Publishing Your Work

A guide with pages on publishing Gold or Green OA, publication agreement language, and more.

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Click the left and right arrows below to explore resources for determining where to publish your work.

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Journal/Author Name Estimator

Just enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in PubMed to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.

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Directory of Open Access Journals

Browse open-access journals by subject, language, license, peer-review type, and more.

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File Drawer Data Liberation Effort

This “match-making” tool helps you to identify alternate ways of publishing information from well-designed experiments that is often difficult to publish in traditional journals (i.e. null or neutral results, datasets, etc.).

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EndNote Manuscript Matcher

Compares journals to find the best place to submit your work based on your manuscript title, abstract, and references.

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Elsevier Journal Finder

Search Elsevier's journals using your abstract or your keywords and other details.

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National Institute of Health Journal Search

You can either enter a journal title in the search box, or use the Journals by category option to browse journals by category.

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Sage Journal Recommender

Find relevant journals for your manuscript, verify against aims & scope, and submit to one directly or use Sage Path.

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Springer Nature Journals

Browse Springer Nature journals by keyword, or browse A-Z. No longer suggests journals based on your manuscript.

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Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester

Suggests journals (with description, citation metrics, and speed metrics) based on your abstract, and is more 'accurate' if you use your full abstract containing relevant keywords.

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Web of Science Master Journal List

Find relevant, reputable journals for potential publication of your research based on an analysis of tens of millions of citation connections in  Web of Science Core Collection using Manuscript Matcher.

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Wiley Journal Finder

Enter the title and abstract of your manuscript into the Wiley Journal Finder to locate relevant Wiley journals.