Identifying Predatory Publishers

A simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher.

This database is an excellent source of information about journals, their profiles, acceptance rates, and more. Cabell's now includes a Whitelist and a Blacklist of open access journals, which is very helpful in avoiding predatory publishers.

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Detailed information on all types of periodicals: scholarly journals, e-journals, magazines, newspapers, etc., including language, ISSN, subjects and more.

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database. It includes two metrics: SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP). SJR is based on times cited, but also uses an algorithm to calculate article influence, which it uses to create rankings.

Tool to evaluate and compare Science and Social Science journals using citation data from scholarly journals, technical journals, and conference proceedings.

Use SHERPA RoMEO to look up a journal's archiving policies to see what you (as an author) are allowed to do with your articles.