LibGuides: Optometry Resources: Selecting a Journal/Publisher

Evaluate Journals and Publishers

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Use this tool to help you evaluate journals and publishers you're considering sending your work to for publication.

The following whitelists require publishers to meet certain criteria before acceptance. Check their websites for their specific criteria.

MEDLINE - PubMed (free site)
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information, which includes MEDLINE, the premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the healthcare system, and the preclinical sciences.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary research platform which enables simultaneous cross-searching of a range of citation indexes and databases. It offers access to research tools like citation reports and cited reference searching, and personalized features such as saved searches and alerts. Web of Science includes the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Natural Sciences Citation Index.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Search by keyword or browse by discipline to identify open access journals (no subscription charges).
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers.

AVSL Vetted Journal List
Current list of optometry and vision science journals vetted by the Association of Vision Science Librarians (AVSL).