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Nuts & Bolts of Scholarly Publishing: Home

All you need to get started selecting journals for publication and reviewing author's agreements

Guide Contents

This guide is provides supplementary materials for participants in the Nuts and Bolts of Scholarly Publishing workshops -- but is also intended for anyone in the university community who is interested in learning more about scholarly publishing. In this guide, you will find information, guidance, and links to resources on:

  • Evaluating Academic Journals:
    • Fit: Determining whether a journal is a good fit for your research;
    • Impact: Assessing the impact of a journal, including citation-based impact factors, altmetrics, and the impact of open access journals;
    • Quality: Considering how a journal relates to standards in the scholarly community, including avoiding deceptive practices.
  • Journal Contracts and Copyright:

 

 

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Acknowledgement

This guide and the accompanying workshop materials were created by Rochelle Lundy and Julia Hon, University of Washington iSchool class of 2018.