- Cabell's Journalytics This link opens in a new windowThis service is available courtesy of Northeastern's D'Amore McKim School of Business
Cabell's directories includes contact information for journals, useful for finding venues for your publications. Northeastern University has access to the following directories: Accounting, Economics & Finance, Computer Science, Management, Marketing. - Ulrichs Web This link opens in a new windowLists all journals, print and electronic, with publisher information, subscription prices, subject descriptions, web locations, and much more.
- Tutorial: This video tutorial shows how to use Ulrich's to find out if a journal is peer-reviewed. (or see the PDF/slide version)
- Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate) This link opens in a new windowJCR is a widely used source of citation data, used to compare and evaluate scholarly journals. For example, the most well-known indicator in the JCR is the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). This measure provides a ratio of citations to a journal in a given year to the citable items in the prior two years. Journal Citation Reports can show you the:
Most frequently cited journals in a field
Highest impact journals in a field
Largest journals in a field
Includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Covers 1997-present.
Scholarly Publishing Concerns
Resources for vetting journal quality
- Cabell's Predatory Reports This link opens in a new windowThis database identifies deceptive and fraudulent journals. Specialists identify and analyze over 65 behavioral indicators to flag potentially exploitative or dishonest operations.
- Retraction WatchTracking retractions as a window into the scientific process
- The Retraction Watch Mass Resignations Listlist of journals that have seen editors resign en masse since 2015, for various reasons
- The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal CheckerHijacked journals mimic legitimate journals by adopting their titles, ISSNs, and other metadata.
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