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OBGYN Resident Toolkit

Selecting a Journal for Submitting Your Manuscript

Librarians can assist you in finding journals that are appropriate for your manuscript, but the following tools can also give you a head start by providing a list of suggested journals.
1) You'll need a descriptive, working title for your project / manuscript, even if it's not the final title. 
2) Your manuscript abstract will also be handy, or at least a few sentences describing your project / manuscript. The more, the better. The more descriptive using keywords you've seen in other articles on your topic, the more relevant and precise the recommendations will be.
3)  Common, descriptive keywords for your project / manuscript are helpful. Again, use keywords used in articles / topics similar to yours.
After you receive a list of journals, review the Scope and Author Guidelines for each journal to be confident your manuscript topic is something the journal would be interested in.

Reporting Guidelines for Study & Project Types

Reporting Guidelines for Study & ProjectTypes

Journal publishers are increasingly encouraging author to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximise transparency and reproducibility. 

  • CONSORT for randomized controlled trials
  • TREND for non-randomized trials
  • PRISMA for systematic review and meta-analyses
  • CARE for case reports
  • STROBE for observational studies
  • STREGA for genetic association studies
  • SRQR for qualitative studies
  • STARD for diagnostic accuracy studies
  • SQUIRE 2.0 Guidelines for quality improvement studies & projects
  • ARRIVE for animal experiments
Case Reports are a quick way to get some publications on your CV.
fast-track publication of case reports by a respected publisher; highly discoverable; free to you

Resources to Identify Trusted Publishers & Journals

Unsure where to submit your manuscript for publication?

 

Tools available to help you identify trustworthy publishers and journals are listed below.
If a journal is indexed (ie. included in the journal list) of DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and/or JCR (Journal Citation Reports, it is a good indicator that the journal is not predatory.

Search DOAJ by journal title or ISSN

Search JCR by journal title or ISSN

Search the Nursing Journals Directory from the International Academy of Nurse Editors