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Information for Researchers

This guide contains information about services and resources specifically for academic researchers and postgraduates at University of Canberra.

Identifying peer-reviewed journals

Publishing your work in a peer-reviewed journal is an indication of quality. Intending researchers need to submit their articles for review experts in the field before the article can be approved for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Many databases allow you to restrict your search to peer-reviewed journals. To check if a journal is peer-reviewed, you can search for it in Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory or refer to the ISI Master Journal List.

Articles to be included in the University of Canberra's report for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC), which determines allocations to universities under performance based funding schemes, must be published in peer-reviewed journals.

EndNote's Manuscript Matcher

EndNote Basic menu bar

EndNote finds the journals that best fit your manuscript by searching Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It then helps you submit your work to the journal of your choice.

To use:  1. Log in to EndNote Basic. 2. Select 'Match' in the menu. 3. Enter a few details such as manuscript title and abstract. 4. Select an EndNote reference group in your EndNote library. 5. Click on 'Find Journals'.

More information about Manuscript Matcher.

Journal / Author Name Estimator (Jane)

Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper?  

 Jane will compare your document to millions of documents in Medline to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.

Instead of using a title or abstract, you can also search using a keyword search, similar to popular web search engines.

More information about Jane.

Elsevier Journal Finder

Journal Finder matches your title and abstract to the title and scope of a journal, and also to the content of articles the journal has published. This may give the researcher options that they had not previously considered.

You can filter results by open access or subscription, impact and speed of peer review.  Also you can see a visualization of metrics associated with the suggested titles.

Think- Check- Submit

Think. Check. Submit provides checklists to determine if a journal is a suitable venue to publish your research. 

Open Access

Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Cite My Data

The ARDC DataCite DOI Service will allow research organisations to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to research datasets or collections. The DOI system supports the citation of research data in scholarly communications and research data collaborations.

ISBN

Journals: Time to publication

Instructions to authors

You can find instructions to authors:

  • in the print journal
  • on the electronic journal home page
  • by writing to the editor or publisher of the journal. Email addresses and websites can by found from Ulrich's Global Serials Directory

EndNote has manuscript templates for journals.

  • Go to Tools,
  • Select Manuscript Templates,
  • Open the Templates folder.