Choosing peer reviewed and high impact journals for publishing your articles: useful links

One of the strategic objectives of the University of Nairobi as a research institution is to increase the visibility and impact of the research output. SCimago platform can be used to support and assist researchers identify recognised journals for publishing their research.

The SCImago Journal and Country Rank portal is a free online resource that uses citation data from Scopus to provide journal impact data. Journals are grouped by subject area (27 major thematic areas), subject category (313 specific subject categories) or by country.

The list of peer-reviewed high impact journals in SCImago can be found in the following link: http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php (both open access and commercial journals). Researchers can select “subject area” or subject category to identify a journal of interest to publish their article. At the bottom, right hand side, under “Information”, select “How to publish in this journal” and follow the process.

Researchers may also publish in reputable peer reviewed high impact Open Access Journals that can be found in the following link: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php and https://doaj.org/.

Notable examples of open access journals that waive publishing fee or do not currently charge fees include:

1. Open Library Humanities: https://olh.openlibhums.org/about/submissions/
2. Royal Society of Open Science: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/page/charges
3. Biomed Central: https://www.biomedcentral.com/getpublished/article-processing-charges/open-access-waiver-fund
4. PLOS: https://www.plos.org/fee-assistance
5. Handawi: https://www.hindawi.com/waiver/

The Universit of Nairobi Library in collaboration with the Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium (KLISC) and the Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) has negotiated for publishing waiver or discounted article processing charges (APC) for KLISC researchers to allow them to publish their articles in open access at a waived or reduced fee.  You can find details of negotiated agreements on this page: https://eifl.net/apcs

The title list of all eligible journals for discount for Kenya can be accessed here or click here

 Researchers may also publish books, book chapters and journal articles in the following open access presses:

1. Directory of Open Access Books: https://www.doabooks.org/
2. Cambridge University Press: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/cambridge-open-access#C3Ap1yrFg6tzjgWq.97
3. Lumnios Publishing for monographs from the California Open Access: https://www.luminosoa.org/
4. MUP Open Monographs, an initiative from Manchester University Press: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/openmonographs/
5. Open Humanities Press: http://openhumanitiespress.org/
6. Athabasca University Press by a Canadian University: http://www.aupress.ca/
7. Ubuquity Press, a fully open access publisher:  https://www.ubiquitypress.com/
8. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): https://doaj.org/