Which journal?

Sadeghi Ramin, MDNuclear Medicine Research

Center,Mashhad University of Medical

Sciences

Journals

Usually journals are ranked according to the databases they are indexed and their impact factors

ISI, Medline, And SCOPUS

Journals indexed in ISI

ISI is the most important indexing database and journals indexed in it are usually of high quality

Journals indexed in ISI are ranked according to their impact factor Be cautious not all ISI indexed

journals have IF

Impact Factor of the journals

The list of journal impact factors is subject to copyright however it can be downloaded at mums central library

The file can be searched and important journals of your field can be selected and sorted according to their IFs

Impact Factor

The higher the IF is, the harder is to get an acceptance for a manuscript.

Be careful The IF of journals in different

disciplines can not be compared IF of 0.9 is actually very high for

Lymphology although it is fairly low for journals pertaining to basic medicine

Impact Factor

Not all journals indexed in ISI have impact factor Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

and Revista Espanola Medicina de Nuclear are ISI indexed but without impact factor

These journals usually have high acceptance rates

Try them

Impact Factor

To find these journals you can use the site of Thomson Reuters

Medline

Medline is another important database in medical literature

It is free and articles indexed in this database are more likely to be cited.

Medline

Journals indexed in Medline but not in ISI are usually easier for publication Nuclear Medicine Review

SCOPUS

Journals indexed only in scopus (not in Medline or ISI) are the easiest. Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Iranian Journals indexed in ISI Several Iranian Journals are indexed in ISI Usually a good option for submission

consideration The list of these journals are available in

mums central library Be careful

The manuscript input of these journals is very high and publication can be harder than you imagine

The time needed for review process is usually very long

Some tips

Usually journals with primary language other than English are easier options for publication Revista Espanola Medicina de Nuclear

If having problem with their language use www.translate.google.com

Some tips Usually journals with less issues in year

(2 or 4 or 6) are more easier than the others. Nuclear Medicine Review

2 issues/year Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

3 issues/year

This means that the manuscript input of the journal is low

Some tips General journals

Some are of very high quality NEJM Lancet Science JAMA BMJ

These are very hard to publish an article in.

Some tips Some general journals are local and much

easier for publication consideration Saudi Medical Journal Annals of Saudi Medicine Journal of Pakistan Medical Association Journal of Ayub Medical College The Lebanese Medical Journal The Medical Journal of Malaysia Acta Medica Indonesiana Singapore Medical Journal Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand The Indian Journal of Medical Research The Ceylon Medical Journal

Some tips

If you cited some articles from a journal. That journal would be a good option for publication consideration. This can increase the IF of that journal

Some tips

Journals publishing articles from Iranian researchers can be good options

Some tips

Journals published your previous articles can be another good options

Some tips

Always check the information for authors of the journal you want to send your manuscript to Some journals do not accept some

kind of articles (case reports, etc..) Some journals require payment for

each publication BMC journals

Some tips

Always check the previous issues of the journals Some journals do not accept many

original articles Some journals have some special

interests

Group Work

• Find the relevant journals to your discipline and sort them according to the ease of publication