Scholarly Repository @ UNA: Determining Journal Quality

Before you choose to submit an article to a publisher, you can investigate their copyright policies to see what level of permissions or copyright transfer they expect when you sign a publication agreement. Sherpa/Romeo lets you access a database with links to publication policies for the majority of recognized academic publications. You can enter the title or the ISSN number for the journal to see what their polices are with links to the exact wording of the polices on the publisher's website.

Developed by Grand Valley State University Libraries, this guide details both positive and negative indicators.

The Cabell's database allows you to search journal acceptance rates, impact factor, months to publication, submission process and more. Access provided by UNA Libraries.

Developed by SPARC, this tool quantitatively scores openness of journals.

Community-cureated online directory that indexes and provides access to OA journals.

Established in 2008 to represent OA publishers, Members of this organization go through a rigorous application and review process.

Includes member lists of publishers, journals, and journal editors committed to ethical publication practices.

Small working group of medical journal editors that have developed a list of Recommendations for medical journals. Includes a listing of journals that state they follow the guidelines.

Access provided by Collier Library. Includes information on overe 300,000 periodicals covering more than 900 subject areas.