Journal selection guide: Questions you should ask to make the right choice

In the race to publishing success, journal selection is one of the most confusing, yet crucial, hurdles researchers have to jump. Finding the right fit is not easy with more than 42,500 peer-reviewed journals and 11,811 open-access journals.¹ Long turnaround times on submission, high rejection rates because of a mismatch with journal scope, and the growth in the number of predatory journals have only made this task more difficult.