1. Choosing the journal
Dr Chandrashekara S

3. But find out the best audience
So what matters to publish an article is not just writing a bright article

4. Criteria for choosing journals
Is it within the subject area of the topic discussed
Endocrinology vs diabetology
Who are the probable audience
Researchers, clinician and general JAMA/NEJM/ Nature
Objective of the journal
Only novel/new or anything good/ data and audit / case reports

5. Are audience or reach of the journal good
Difficult to guess
There are few of the indicators which help
Impact factor – Reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals.
Eigenfactor – A rating of the total importance of a scientific journal according to the number of incoming citations, with citations from highly ranked journals weighted to make a larger contribution to the eigenfactor than those from poorly ranked journals.
SCImago Journal Rank – A measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.
Open access vs paid journal
Web based vs only print

6. Indexed if so in how many
Pub med indexing
Accessibility increase
Value of the paper is better because indexing indicate that the journal has it’s process recognized
Other data base
EMBASE, OAJ, research gate, google scholar and Medindia and others data base.

7. Policy of the journal Only novel idea Any research of good standing
Data and case report
Only basic science
Only clinical science

8. Access and availability
Open vs paid
Indexed vs non indexed
Other factors…

9. Most critical issue that need to be considered
worth of your paper

10. Remember Not all nature paper get Nobel prize
Not all paper received Nobel prize were published in best journal

11. “if I just create something that’s GREAT, the rest of it will fall into place.”

12. Choosing journal need some exploration
Seek an expert help Easier than wasting many hours in reinventing wheel