Scholarly Communication
About Scholarly Communication
Scholarly communication can be defined as the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use. This guide provides resources to help the University of Calgary research community navigate the scholarly communication ecosystem.
Play the scholarly publishing game! This interactive adventure takes you through a scenario explaining many of the choices authors need to consider when submitting a manuscript for publication.
Where to publish
There are many things to consider when choosing a venue to publish your work: you want to ensure a good fit, a broad reach, and significant impact. Publishing in Open Access journals can be an effective way to retain rights over your work, comply with funder mandates, and increase the impact of your scholarship. However, it is the responsibility of individual researchers to carefully evaluate the reputation of a journal and its publisher before submitting an article for publication, or agreeing to provide peer review services.
This page features tools and guides to help you evaluate issues such as fit, impact factor, and reputability of scholarly journals. Please also consult the predatory publishing page to ensure that you're submitting your work to a legitimate venue.
Tools for evaluating fit and impact
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Cofactor Journal SelectorAllows authors to choose a journal based on a variety of criteria, including type of peer review, open access, speed, and more.
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Elsevier Journal FinderBased on keywords in your manuscript's title and abstract, this tool will suggest journals suitable for publishing your article. Limited to Elsevier journals only.
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Endnote's Manuscript MatcherFor users of the EndNote citation management software, this tool uses your manuscript's topic and references to suggest good matches from within the Web of Science database.
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IEEE publication recommenderEnter keywords, key phrases, or article title to help you find suitable journals or conferences to submit to in engineering, computing, and technology.
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JANE: Journal/Author Name EstimatorInput your draft abstract, and JANE will suggest journals for you to publish in. You can limit by publication type or open access journals. Because this tool uses the MEDLINE database to generate its suggestions, it is not appropriate for content outside of the broad field of medicine.
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Journal GuideHelps authors evaluate journals in terms of scope, quality, and impact. Useful if you don't know where to submit your paper.
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Web of ScienceNot just science! Search using your topic keywords, then refine the results using the "source titles" tab on the left hand side.
Tools for evaluating Open Access publications
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SHERPA/RoMEOA collaboratively produced database providing information on journal and publisher policies on copyright and author rights.
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How Open Is It?Outlines the core components of OA (e.g., readership, reuse, copyrights, posting rights, machine readability, etc.) along a continuum from “open access” to “closed access”.
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Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals. If the journal you are considering is not listed here, you may want to investigate further to ensure it is a quality publication.
Publishing options for undergraduate students
Did you know that the University of Calgary publishes journals that specifically seek to feature undergraduate authors?
- The University of Calgary Journal of Undergraduate Research and inquiry: connecting the scholarship of UCalgary’s most innovative undergraduate researchers with the world
- Journal of Undergraduate Research in Alberta: publishing and promoting research articles written by undergraduate students with the undergraduate student as the primary author
American University's School of International Service keeps a list of a variety of publications that publish undergraduate research.
- Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021 10:53 AM
- URL: https://library.ucalgary.ca/guides/scholarlycommunication
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