Which journal is the most valuable international publication?

Publication of research in international journals / journals is considered a scientist's life, but not all journals are valuable.

There are currently no statistics of magazines and journals, estimated to reach millions and continue to increase. However, not all magazines are equally valuable and recognized by the international scientific community. There is a very easy-to-publish magazine, also a magazine that is a dream for many scientists.

Not ISI magazine, Scopus is all appreciated

The scientific community often strives to publish research in ISI and Scopus journals due to its reputation with a difficult peer review system. ISI Institute of Scientific Information (Institute for Scientific Information) was founded by American scientist Eugene Garfield in 1960, then merged into Thomson Reuters group. With more than 10,000 scientific journals, ISI will evaluate and rank by sectors.

Like ISI, Scopus is a scientific data system with more than 20,000 specialized journals in the technical, medical, and social sciences, in which the social sector is primarily.

Works published in well-known magazines will enhance the reputation of scientists.(Photo: sunleafmedical).

The quality of journals in the two systems is evaluated based on the Impact Factor, divided into four groups from quarter 1 to 4. "The work published in the journal Q1 will naturally be and more difficult to post than q4 " , Professor Pham Duc Chinh (Institute of Mechanics) said.

This index is calculated as the total number of times that article was extracted in two years divided by the total number of articles cited. For example, if the journal has 100 papers in 2016 and 2017 and is quoted 200 times, the IF of 2018 is 2.

According to Professor Chinh, the science and technology block is often required to have an article in the journal ISI, while Scopus is often for the social sector due to its specific characteristics. However, even in ISI, there are still easy-to-publish journals, which may be in the fourth quarter, which are not highly rated. Therefore, many places require scientists to have posts from Q3 or more.

Many articles were rejected

Publication on prestigious journals will have many readers, references and quotations. So the more influential the magazine is, the harder it is to publish. New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Nature, Cell declined about 90-95% of the manuscript. In the medical field, the rate of rejection is about 80-90% for JAMA, BMJ, Nature Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Meanwhile, the index file has a low impact on the acceptance of manuscripts over 50%, sometimes up to 80%. This is the reason why the publication in highly reputable journals is a hallmark of the scientist's level.

According to Professor Nguyen Van Tuan (University of New South Wales, Australia), the scientific article is often rejected in three stages: editorial board, review and review.

A study on the British Medical Journal (one of the world's leading medical journals) showed that phase 1 (the editorial board) rejected about 50% of articles sent and not sent out. to review. Phase 2, after sending it to peer reviewers, the rate of rejection is about 45%. Even in the third stage, re-approval, the probability of rejection is about 5%. Therefore, the researcher must choose the appropriate journal for publication.