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How do you determine the quality of a journal?

Assessing Journal Credibility:

The credibility of a journal may be assessed by examining several key factors:

1. Where is it indexed?
a. Is the journal included or indexed in the major bibliographic databases for the field?
b. Are its articles discoverable where the journal claims?

2. What is its publishing history?
a. How long has the journal been available?
b. For new journals, is the journal mission available? Who are the members of the editorial board?

3. Is it peer-reviewed?
a. How long does the peer review process take? Is this a reasonable time frame for a quality assessment?

4. Does the journal have an impact factor? If not, are other bibliometric measurements available to determine if scholars are reading and citing articles from this journal?

5. What is its impact factor?
a. The Impact Factor is a measurement of average citations received over two years.

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