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Albert S. Cook Library

Deciding Where to Publish

This guide provides information that can aid in making a decision about where to publish academic articles and other scholarship.

Cool Tools

  • Dimensions Free Web App

    • Dimensions is a research database which links grants to millions of resulting publications, clinical trials and patents.

  • The Lens

    • The Lens has many tools for analysis and literature searching.

  • PubReminer

    • PubReminer provides detailed results for PubMed queries. Enter a query and the results will display a list of journals indexed in PubMed that contain similar topics.

Journal Suggesting Tools

With these tools, you'll be able to enter text from your title and abstract and receive a list of potential journals which you can explore further.

Your Author Rights

Predatory Publishing

Think, Check, Submit

Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

View the checklist to see if your chosen journal should be trusted.