There are actually some journals in the general journals that are very demanding and difficult even comparable to the core journals, but there are not many, most of them are relatively easy to publish, and the quality difference is not big, but if you have to divide them into three, six or nine, you can Look at it from the following aspects.

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1. Impact factor

The so-called impact factor refers to the total number of citations of papers published in a journal in the previous two years in the reporting year divided by the total number of papers published in the journal in the two years.

Generally, the higher the impact factor, the greater the influence of the journal, but this does not absolutely mean that the quality of journals with impact factors is better than those without impact factors.

Moreover, the impact factors of journals in different majors cannot be compared. For example, many journals in the economics and management category have impact factors, even relatively high, while many literature and art journals do not. The "**" journal of the same category is poor, and the two are obviously not comparable.

It can also be seen from the definition of impact factor that the high impact factor of a journal may be due to its wide range of accepted manuscripts or relatively popular fields, so the citation rate is relatively high, the natural impact factor is also high, and the scope of accepted manuscripts is narrow , A relatively remote major, because there are not many people doing research, the citation rate is naturally relatively low.

Special Note: The impact factor here refers to the impact factor of HowNet


Others, such as Wanfang, also have impact factors, but generally the industry only knows about the cognitive network. When we talk about the impact factors of journals, the default is CNKI. Unless a high-end journal only publishes Wanfang and VIP, then this journal You can only look at the impact factors of Wanfang and VIP.

2. Publication cycle

Periodicals are published in the following categories in order of frequency from low to high: weekly, ten-day, semi-monthly, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual, etc.

Generally speaking, the longer the publication period, the higher the quality.

Those with frequent publishing cycles (weekly and ten-day periodicals) are generally aimed at profit, with many manuscripts received, short review time, and low requirements. They can pass the basic review and have a suitable theme, while monthly and bimonthly journals, While charging fees, it also pays attention to the quality of articles. The review time is long and the review requirements are high, so the level of journals is naturally not low.

Special reminder: Individual units have requirements for the publication cycle of periodicals when reviewing, only monthly and above periodicals are recognized, and weekly, ten-day periodicals, etc. are not recognized. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to whether the unit or school has any For such requirements, do not discover that the publication does not meet the requirements after publication.

3. Number of papers included in each issue

Generally speaking, the number of papers included in each issue of better journals is generally within 100, 50 (or even less).

Poor journals naturally receive as many articles as possible in each issue. After all, only in this way can more page fees be charged. For high-quality journals, controlling the number of articles received in each issue means that they pay more attention to papers while making profits quality.

4. Review time

The review of core journals and academic journals generally takes a month, and the review of a few general journals takes two to three weeks or even several months. These journals are usually of higher quality among general journals, and most general journals are reviewed within one week. It can produce results, and the quality of journals is also sorted according to the core, undergraduate journals, specialist journals, and general journals from high to low.

To put it more intuitively, the results of the review of Journal A will come out in one day, so what can you do in one day? It is enough for the initial review to see if the theme and format are suitable. If there is no problem, it will basically be accepted. The B journal review takes one month, and the first review-external review-final review is all gone through, not only looking at the theme and format, but also Look at the content of the article, if it is too bad, it will not be accepted. Needless to say, the quality of A and B journals is higher or lower.

5. Starting characters and layout

Generally, journals with higher quality have more starting characters and layouts. For example, core journal articles are basically 10,000-character long texts. The more words, the more in-depth and comprehensive the writing will be. The first edition of 2000-2500 characters is enough. When posting an article, cut the beginning and the end (title, author, unit, abstract, keywords, references), what else can you write in the text?

6. Printed paper, typesetting, etc.

The paper printed by some journals feels smooth, while others are very rough. Of course, this can be controlled by increasing the printing cost, but it does not mean that the quality of the journal is good, so this is just for reference.

As for typesetting, if it is only for the purpose of profit, naturally it will not spend much thought on typesetting. What is the original manuscript of the author? relatively poor.

The above judgment criteria are only general, not absolute, and are for reference only. The quality of a certain journal still needs to be analyzed in combination with specific conditions.