7. Popular Literature
Shorter articles, providing broader
overview
Author often not an expert in the
subject, name and credentials often
not provided.
Written in non-technical language
Articles do not follow a specific
format or structure.
Articles are not evaluated by experts
in the field, but by the editorial
board.
Scholarly Literature
Longer articles, providing in-depth
analysis of a topic.
Author usually an expert or specialist
in the field, name and credentials
always provided.
Written in a technical / scientific
language
Structured articles (Abstract, IMRaD,
Bibliography etc.)
Articles are reviewed and critically
evaluated by a board of experts in the
field.
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12. Publishing Negative results is easier now
All good journals have space for
negative results
Dedicated journals:
Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine
Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results
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21. Biomedical Journals
Examples:
The Lancet
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (PNAS)
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Journal of Applied Physiology
Phytomedicine
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22. CAM Journals
Examples:
Evidence-based Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
BMC Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
The Journal of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine
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24. ‘Other’ potential Journals
Examples:
Indian Journal for History of Science
The Linguistics Journal
Current Sociology
International Journal of Culture,
Tourism and Hospitality Research
Anthropology & Medicine
Journal of Medical Education
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26. Reasons?
Limited awareness regarding the importance
No training is given in scientific writing during
formal Ayurveda education
Differences between Magazines, Newsletters,
Journals and Books are not clearly understood
Not aware of the important guidelines while
planning the research protocols and while
writing the manuscripts
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28. What is a ‘Good’ journal? (Minimum essential requirements)
Must be available online (Searchable/Easy to locate/share)
Must be ‘Peer-reviewed’ for real (Beware of fake peer review)
Must be indexed with some widely referred database (e.g.,
PubMed Central, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus)
(Beware of misleading/fake indexing information)
Google Scholar is NOT an indexing database
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29. ‘Better’ journal (Optional requirements):
Has got a good Impact Factor
‘National’ / ‘International’ has got no meaning virtually
E.g., New England Journal of Medicine
Has got good SNIP/SJR ranking/Cite-Score
It is an ‘Open Access’ journal (Be Careful!)
(Many funding agencies require you to publish with Open Access
Journals)
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30. What is impact factor?
In any given year, the impact factor of a journal is the average
number of citations per each published paper, received in that
year, of articles published during the two preceding years.
For example, if a journal has an impact factor of 5 in 2018,
then, its papers published in 2016 and 2017 must have received
5 citations each on an average in the year 2018.
Remember: Impact factor has its own limitations
Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports
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31. CiteScore: CiteScore is the number of citations received (over Scopus)
by a journal in one year to documents published in the three previous
years, divided by the number of documents from the journal published
in those same three years.
SNIP: Source Normalized Impact per Paper measures contextual
citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of
citations in a subject field.
SJR: SCImago Journal Rank is a prestige metric based on the idea that
'all citations are not created equal'. With SJR, the subject field,
quality and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value
of a citation.
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32. ‘Convenient’:
Takes minimum time for editorial decision
Provides easy online submission process, /manuscript
tracking facility
Known Acceptance Rate
No article processing fee / color printing charges/
reprint charges / submission fee
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33. Be careful
Fake Impact Factors / Fake Journal Metrics
‘Author Pays’ model of Open Access
Fake Peer-Review process
Don’t fall prey to ‘Call for papers’
Claims such as ‘Under the process of PubMed indexing’
Claims such as ‘Indexed in Elsevier’
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35. Bogus journal metrics (Examples)
Advanced Science Index
Directory of Journal Quality Factor
International Scientific Indexing
International Impact Factor Services
GISI Impact Factor
Global Impact Factor
Universal Impact Factor
SJIF Impact Factor
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36. Please ensure:
Editor-in-Chief of the journal has publications in standard
databases
Journal has a traceable address/location
Ayurveda/Traditional Medicine is listed under the list of the
subjects covered the ‘scope’ of the journal
At least a few editors are there on the editorial board who
possess expertise in Ayurveda/TM
Article Processing Fee is transparent
Journal does not send spam emails soliciting articles
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