How to Choose the Right Journal for Paper Publishing Your Research Material?

Sep 15
09:37

2015

Rohit Kaushik

Rohit Kaushik

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After the long hard work of thesis writing, now is the turn to publish your research paper.

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Make sure you submit your paper to the renowned journal,How to Choose the Right Journal for Paper Publishing Your Research Material? Articles which at least possesses an impact factor of more than 1. Postgraduates are assigned with back to back activities and it is one of the activities to publish the paper on which they are scored. Writing research paper is one of the last activities that are very important and in a hurry the scholars choose any journal and submit their paper without even checking their impact factor. Check that your thesis area is mentioned in the list of submitting papers, this list means audience in your area and expert will also be sitting and asking questions. Answering to those experts is not a mountain climbing task, all you need is to have a deep study of the topic. A scholar with deep study can easily answer to those questions without even fumbling. Some of the key points that are needed to be considered:

  • The scope of the research- Define the scope of your research work. Scope means how and where the research topic is used. From the proposal acceptance till the paper gets published, every activity is very important reflecting its significance importance to the company.
  • Your valuable readers: the readers are not restricted to those that need the help in the research paper. These readers are researchers, teachers, scholars and to those who want extra help in that particular topic.
  • Impact factor- An impact factor is one of the important points to be considered before submitting papers to the journal. Higher the impact factor, higher the importance of the paper when published and it also means the journal is more efficient in publishing quality papers. Impact factor essentially tells the efficiency of the journal. Impact factor is the main factor that attracts the readers to the journal.
  • Notice the frequency of the paper published- Make sure the journal once or twice in an entire year. If the journal's frequency is every week or every month, then it is not preferable. Those journals occurring once or twice in a year, then it is of great importance, and these highly experienced people want their paper to get published in these types of journals.
  • Cost- Make sure whatever journal you have selected should not be very expensive. Expensive journals publish your paper, but can be a waste as when you mention it in your resume then no interviewer gives importance to that journal.

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