Ten simple rules for avoiding predatory publishing scams
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Leonard M, Stapleton S, Collins P, Selfe TK, Cataldo T (2021) Ten simple rules for avoiding predatory publishing scams. PLoS Comput Biol 17(9): e1009377. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009377
To "manually" locate a journal in which to publish your article:
For a more automatic approach, search the following journal finders with your title and abstract, then examine the resulting journals for articles with similar topics, methodologies, etc. to your article. The more specific and focused your abstract, the better the results will be.
Journal Finders Covering Multiple Publishers
Web of Science Match Manuscript (Requires free account to use.)
https://mjl.clarivate.com
"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."
B!SON Open Access Journal Finder
https://service.tib.eu/bison/
"B!SON helps you to find a suitable Open Access journal for your publication by leveraging semantic and bibliometric methods."
ChronosHub Journal Finder
https://journalfinder.chronoshub.io/
"The Journal Guide is a free service to guide authors through the journal selection and submission process. You can browse, search, filter, sort, and compare more than 40,000 journals to find the right journal without worry about publishing in compliance with your funders’ Open Access policy."
ScienceGate Journal Finder
https://www.sciencegate.app/app/journal-finder
"The ScienceGate Journal Finder discovers among more than 88000 scholarly journals from 18000 well-known publishers around the world including Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, SAGE, IEEE, Emerald, and many more, all registered with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)."
Edanz Journal Selector
https://www.edanz.com/journal-selector
"Search over 28,657 journals and 12,010,643 abstracts to find the journal that's right for you."
Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)
https://jane.biosemantics.org/
Matches to journals indexed in PubMed--primarily biomedical topics, possibly of relevance to medical anthropology
Journal Finders from Specific Publishers
Sage Journal Recommender
https://journal-recommender.sagepub.com/
Springer Journal Finder
https://link.springer.com/journals
Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/
Wiley Journal Finder
https://journalfinder.wiley.com/
Elsevier Journal Finder
https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/