LibGuides: UT Health San Antonio Faculty Publications: Publication Support

WHERE TO PUBLISH?

2017 Archived copy of Beall's List of Potential Predatory Open Access Publishers
Check this list to ensure your OA journal isn't potentially predatory. As of January 15, 2017, the original Beall's site is not available.
JANE - Journal / Author Name Estimator
Use JANE to find potential journals or co-authors, depending on your title and abstract.

Directory of Open Access Journals

DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.

How to Select a Journal to Submit and Publish Your Biomedical Paper?
BioImpacts, 2012, 2(1), 61-68

Predatory publishers "lie about their practices in order to attract publishing payments from unwary or unscrupulous authors." - Rick Anderson

Predatory publishing:

Is a business model leveraging the Article Processing Charge (APC) without providing the services of legitimate publishers
Makes fraudulent misrepresentation of claims to peer review
May charge an APC and not even publish the article
Does not furthering the academic conversation
Can have negative effects on science and health

For more information on predatory publishing, you can access the Predatory Publishing LibGuide

How to Write, Publish, and Present in the Health Sciences by Thomas A. Lang; Thomas Lang; Lang, Thomas
Call Number: WZ 345 L271h 2010
ISBN: 9781934465141
Presents a practical and comprehensible set of guidelines on publishing and presenting in the medical sciences. This resource teaches readers the core skills and strategies needed to avoid the pitfalls of rejection and create polished, professional scientific communications. It is suitable for health professionals.

PRIMER Research ToolKit
An online library of resources to facilitate multi-site collaborations for health research.
ISIHighlyCited.com
Freely available database of the most cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories. Search this database to find experts in research.

NIH RePORTER
RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.