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Elevate Your Research: Find Trusted Research Journals

Explore 1,553 publishers, compare their publishing practices, and find a journal suited to your research.

Choosing your first journal? Use the submission checklist.

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Journals evaluated
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Manuscripts checked
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Explore publisher ratings and assessments to make an informed choice for your research. Open a record for more detail.

Selected records from the directory
PublisherRatingAssessmentDetails
Springer Nature98/ 100Safe & Trusted
Oxford University Press (OUP)90/ 100Safe & Trusted
Boston Research Journals81/ 100Safe & Trusted
Public Library of Science (PLoS)80/ 100Safe & Trusted
MIT Press85/ 100Safe & Trusted

1,553 publishers in our directory

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Ratings bring publishing practices into focus. Read about our methodology.

Check each step
before you submit.

From choosing a journal to reviewing proofs, use these questions to keep track of what you’ve checked.

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  • Read the journal’s aims and recent articles.
  • Check its identity, editorial board, and review policies.
  • Verify fees, licensing, and indexing at the source.

Our methodology

A score is only
part of the record.

Our evaluations combine research, expert analysis and feedback from the academic community. We examine the practices behind a publisher’s name to help you make an informed publishing decision.

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How to read these ratings
What we assess
Publisher credentials, editorial expertise, peer review, publication ethics, indexing, fee transparency and licensing all inform our evaluation.
What a rating means
The score and assessment category summarise our evaluation of publishing practices. Read them alongside the individual journal’s scope and author guidelines.
Keeping information current
Researcher feedback and re-evaluation help us respond to changes in publishing practices. If a record needs updating, share the relevant sources with us.

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We gather information from academic databases, publishing records and community feedback, examine a publisher’s credentials and policies, and translate our findings into ratings and practical guidance. Re-evaluation provides a route for new evidence and corrections.

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Behind the checklist

Publishing standards,
made practical.

Our checklist turns the areas covered by our evaluations into questions you can use at each stage of publication. It brings journal selection, manuscript preparation and publication responsibilities into one structured guide.

Work through the complete checklist

  1. Start with the practices that matter

    The questions cover research fit, editorial boards, peer review, indexing, fees, copyright and publication ethics. They connect a publisher’s stated policies with the information an author needs to check.

  2. Follow the author’s publication journey

    Checks are grouped around decisions before submission, during review, at production and after publication. This makes the guidance relevant to the stage you are working through.

  3. Make each question actionable

    Identify named editors, read the review policy, confirm indexing at the source and check the full fee schedule. Record what you find, save your progress and return to unresolved questions before deciding.

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