Identify Journals by Discipline, Impact Factor, or Title
Help with Abbreviations and Acronyms
Open Access Journals
Author Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Understanding Scholarly Publishing
How to Retain Essential Author Rights
Public Access Requirement for NIH-Funded Research
Copyright Information Resources
Citing Your Sources
Identify Journals by Discipline, Impact Factor, or Title (back to top)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
A comprehensive resource for evaluating and comparing journals using citation data. Determine the most frequently cited,
highest impact, and largest journals for fields in the sciences and social sciences. Note: These data are limited to the
journal titles that are currently tracked by Thomson ISI. Do not rely only on data from the JCR when evaluating a journal title;
see Thomson ISI's Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely.
List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE
Journals currently indexed for MEDLINE ® listed in four sections: (1) Alphabetic listing by abbreviated title, followed by full title; (2) Alphabetic listing by full title, followed by abbreviated title; (3) Alphabetic listing by subject field; and (4) Alphabetic listing by country of publication. To use the list, you must accept the terms and conditions . Note: This list is available in PDF and is almost 400 pages long.
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Bibliographic information for all journals ever indexed over time for MEDLINE ®. It includes titles that ceased publication, changed titles, or were deselected. To use the list, you must accept the terms and conditions . Note: This list is available in multiple file formats and is more than 300 pages long.
Journal Info from Lund University Libraries
References to articles from major journals in all areas of science. Links to full text when available. Find articles that cite a known author or work. 1980 to present.
Journal Titles Indexed in Thomson Scientific’s Databases
Search the master list of titles indexed by all Thomson Scientific’s database products of browse the title lists of specific databases such as Science Citation Index-Expanded or BIOSIS Previews.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ulrichsweb.com) -login with name and UID# required for off campus access
Authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types — academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world. Search by keyword or subject to get a list of potential publishing venues.
Web Sites or Directories Listing Open Access Journals-
(from Lehigh University)
Also links to other resources about the concept of open access publishing , including definitions and overviews.
Help with Abbreviations and Acronyms (back to top)
Acronym Finder
Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources at Abbreviations.com
A registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.
Biomedical Acronym Resolver
Open Access Journals (back to top)
Overview of Open Access by Peter Suber
BioMed Central
Full text articles from more than 100 peer-reviewed biomedical journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Categorized, searchable links to free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Public Library of Science
A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Non-Exhaustive List of Resources about Open Access Publishing (from Lehigh University)
Author Guidelines for Manuscript Submission (back to top)
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (from the Raymon H. Mulford Library at the University of Toledo)
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Vancouver Style)
Understanding Scholarly Publishing (back to top)
Publish Not Perish: The Art and Craft of Publishing Scholarly Journals
Free online tutorial from the University of Colorado Libraries on the process of scholarly publishing. You will be asked to indicate your campus affiliation and status when you first enter the tutorial.
The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
This selective bibliography presents over 3,350 articles,
books, and other printed and electronic sources that are
useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing
efforts on the Internet.
From Research to Manuscript : A Guide to Scientific Writing/ Katz, Michael Jay Dordrecht
The Netherlands : Springer, c2006. Dunbar Library, 3rd Floor, T11 .K343 2006 [check availability].
How To Write And Illustrate Scientific Papers / Gustavii, Björn
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. Dunbar Library, 3rd Floor, T11 .G86 2008 [check availability].
How To Write And Publish A Scientific Paper / Day, Robert A. And Barbara Gastel
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. Fordham Library, 2nd Floor, WZ 345 D274h 2006 [check availability].
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice / Hames, Irene
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. Dunbar Library, 3rd Floor, Q225.5 .H255 2007 [check availability].
Successful Scientific Writing : A Step-by-step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences / Matthews, Janice R.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. Fordham Library, 2nd Floor, WZ 345 M439s 2008 [check availability].
How to Retain Essential Author Rights (back to top)
SPARC Resources for Authors
Informs faculty across all disciplines about how to use the SPARC Author Addendum to secure your rights as authors of journal articles. The SPARC Author Addendum is a legal instrument that authors may use to modify their publisher agreements, enabling them to keep selected key rights to their articles, such as:
- Distributing copies in the course of teaching and research
- Posting the article on a personal or institutional Web site
- Creating derivative works
Author's Rights, Tout de Suite
Author's Rights, Tout de Suite, the latest Digital
Scholarship publication, is designed to give journal article
authors a quick introduction to key aspects of author's
rights and to foster further exploration of this topic
though liberal use of relevant references to online
documents and links to pertinent Web sites.
