Guides: Nursing Research: Getting Published

Getting Published

Publishing in the Life Sciences Subject Guide
This guide includes tips on how to select a journal for publication, and information on open access and impact factors
Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research.
Where to Publish? - University of Aukland Library
A guide to "Finding and Evaluating Academic Journals"
How to Assess a Journal - CARL//ABRC
Handy guide to evaluating the trustworthiness and quality of a journal.
How not to get caught in the predatory publishing net (and what to do if you suspect it already happened)
Includes a list of practical steps you can take
Author Rights
This guide is intended to inform McGill University researchers topics of author rights and publication agreements.
This guide includes:
Key terms in publication agreements
Resources for locating publication agreements
Resources for negotiating your rights as an author

Post print vs Publisher version: what's the difference?
Find out which version of your article can be submitted to open access repositories such as McGill's eScholarship.

Books on publishing in nursing
On the right hand side of the screen note the option "Sort by: Library and Relevance". Using the drop down menu, change this option to "Sort by: Date (Newest First)". This will cause the most recent items to display first. You may also browse the shelves in the Schulich Library (3rd floor) for books beginning with the call number WZ 345
Nurse Author & Editor
An open access journal devoted entirely to publishing in nursing
Impact Measurements Subject Guide
This guide teaches you how to create personal profiles, as well as how to find metrics for authors, articles, journals, and institutions.

No list of journals is comprehensive or static but here are some resources that will help you to identify journals in which you may wish to publish.

INANE ( International Academy of Nursing Editors)
Directory of Nursing Journals. Use this directory as one resource to find reputable nursing journals for publication.
NAHRS Selected List of Nursing Journals (2012)
This list was developed to assist nurses and librarians evaluating nursing and interdisciplinary journal titles for library collection development and publishing opportunities. NAHRS is the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association in the US.
- Sherwill-Navarro, P., Kennedy, J. C., & Allen, M. (Peg). (2014). Developing an evidence-based list of journals for nursing. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 102(2), 105–109. http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.102.2.009
See also the Journal Selection and Article Submission section of the Publishing in the Life Sciences Subject Guide for additional ways to identify core journals in your field.

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