Finding the right journal for your publication

It can be challenging to find the right journal for your publication. One helpful resource is the Think. Check. Submit. method, explained in the video below:

The library has created this resource to help guide you through the process: Where to Publish Your Research.  This guide will help you identify potential journals, understand journal metrics, learn about open access publishing, and predatory journals.

If you prefer to learn in Canvas, you can access the course Scholarly Communications: How to Find a Journal to Publish In. This course covers the following topics:

• Identifying potential  journals in which to publish
• Exploring tools to identify specific journals of interest
• Step-by-Step instructions on using various directories, manuscript finders, and other tools
• Overview of Open Access Journals
• Information about Predatory Journals
• Additional Resources

Publishing agreements at Texas State University Libraries

The University Libraries have an agreement with publishers to waive APCs in certain journals they publish.

An Article Processing Charge (APC) is the fee to publish in some open access journals. (Not all open access journals or publishers charge a fee to publish an article.) Some departments and the Provost office have assisted faculty with APCs in the past, but that is no longer the case.

Assistance with APC fees: The University Libraries have an agreement with publishers to waive APCs in certain journals they publish. If you are interested in finding out more about publishing agreements, please visit: Does the library help faculty pay for Article Processing Charges (APC)? – Ask Us!

This page is kept up to date with the most current information about publishing agreements with the library.

Author Rights

An individual has rights to the intellectual or creative works they produce. As an author, you own the rights to your work from the moment that work takes on some fixed form, until or unless the rights are transferred to another entity. Traditional publishing contracts often assign copyright to the publisher, thus limiting how and where the work can be used and distributed in the future. If this happens, authors may be restricted from incorporating this work into their teaching and research, posting it to a website, or in an Institutional repository or digital collection.

Further information can be found on our Author’s Rights & Publishing Agreements guide. This guide will also encourage you to publish and preserve your work in the Digital Collections Repository, which is a service that provides free and open access to the scholarship and creative works produced and owned by the members of the community. Before publishing your work with another source, consider adding it to the repository for preservation and long-term visibility.

Texas State University Library has knowledgeable copyright experts for you to consult with. Our Copyright & Open Access Initiatives Librarian can help you better understand how copyright can effect your publications. The Copyright Guide will give you more robust information from the basics to permissions to the public domain.

More information about Creative Commons licenses and open licensing can be found in the part of this book on publishing, under Open Licensing and Creative Commons Licenses for Publishing.

Publishing your Data

There are many resources available to publish your data with Texas State University. The University Libraries Research Data Management page consolidates information including a Quick Start From Plan to Publish, Data Management Training, and Frequently Asked Questions. The Research Data Management: Data Preservation and Sharing Guide can also provide you with more information and resources about publishing your data.

• • Texas State University Dataverse Repository
  • Registry of Research Data Repositories: re3data
  • Directory of Open Access Repositories
  • Open Access Directory: Data Repositories
  • The Qualitative Data Repository