Research Guides: Faculty Webpage: Publish

Health Sciences Research Commons

Where to publish?

Cofactor Journal Selector
Identify a journal in which to publish based on subject, peer review, open access, speed of review and other factors.
Journal/Article Name Estimator (JANE)
Enter your article title or abstract and JANE will provide a list of journals that may be appropriate for your submission.
Journal Citation Reports
Look up the key journals in your field, sortable by impact factor, Eigenfactor or other metrics.
Scopus Journal Comparison
Similar to impact factor, Scopus evaluates journals with several metrics to determine their value within a given field.
Journal Evaluation Tool
Designed at Loyola Marymount University to help faculty evaluate journals.

Best Places to Start

Himmelfarb: Health Sciences Research Commons faculty and student publications repository
Save your articles and posters online in our GW medical repository, makes your work visible to Google, and get a DOI link to share with others.
Himmelfarb: Scholarly Publishing guide
Information and updates about where to publish and how to improve the visibility/findability of your articles, book chapters, and posters.
Himmelfarb: Measuring Scholarly Research Impact
Information about author and journal article evaluation metrics.
MedEDPortal
The AAMC's Medical Education resources portal. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Peer-reviewed teaching and assessment tools to enhance medical education. Resources are online and free.
NIH and Federal Public Access Policies
Read this guide if you publish research funded by a U.S. government department/agency.
Saving Search Histories and Creating Alerts
Google search for videos on keeping up to date with journals.
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publications
Helpful advice for authors when writing a manuscript for publication.
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Author Addendum
Protect your right under copyright law to deposit your manuscript in an institutional repository by signing and giving to your publisher a SPARC author addendum when you sign an article publication agreement.
Creative Commons
Search for online resources where the author may have signed a creative commons license permitting reuse in your courses.

Help With Citation Analysis

The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library provides access to a number of resources to help you analyze citations:

Scopus
- Click "Analytics" on the blue ribbon above the search bar
- You can get SJR and SNIP values (see "Journal Impact" tab) for journals and create charts comparing different titles
Web of Science
- Click "Additional Resources" tab at the top of the page
- Select "Journal Citation Reports" to get access to citation data
Quantifying Scholarly Research Impact guide
Reference & Instruction Librarian Tom Harrod's guide contains tips on calculating an author- and journal-level metrics (H-index, G-index, Eigenfactor, Scimago Journal Rank, and others) and a case study of two authors.
iCite
- iCite offers bibliometric information for journal articles included in the PubMed Database. The Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) is a metric provided NIH that reflects a citation-based measure of scientific influence. Search by author name, title, or MeSH keyword or input a list of PubMed IDs.

Open Access

GW open access publishing discount

Himmelfarb Library is an institutional member of BioMed Central. GW authors receive a 15% discount on the article publishing charge for articles in the 250+ BioMed Central journals, which cover many specialties in medicine, public health and nursing.

BioMed Central
Institutional Membership discount of 15% for GW faculty, staff and students through Himmelfarb Library.