3 Most Important Factors Scholars Consider:
1. Prestige
2. Publication Speed
3. High visibility within a specific audience
Ask Yourself:
1. Who is the publisher? What is their reputation?
2. Who is on the board of editors?
3. What is their review process? What standard do they hold articles to?
4. What is its impact factor?
5. Where is it indexed?
Miscellaneous Questions
JANE relies on the data in PubMed, which can contain papers from predatory journals, and therefore these journals can appear in JANE's results. To help identify high-quality journals, JANE now tags journals that are currently indexed in MEDLINE, and open access journals approved by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
