Nstojan1 Week 12
- Is the article available online-only or both in print and online? Look on the journal website for a “subscription” link. If that page talks about subscribing to the print edition, then it is available in print. If not, it is available online-only.
- What organization is the publisher of the journal?
- What type of organization is it?
- Is the publisher for-profit or non-profit?
- Is the publisher a scientific society (some scientific societies partner with a for-profit publisher, some act as their own non-profit publisher)
- Does the publisher belong to the Open Access Publishers Association?
- What country is the journal published in?
- How long has the journal been in operaion? (e.g., browse the archive for the earliest article published)
- Are the articles in this journal peer-reviewed?
- Provide a link to the scientific advisory board/editorial board of the journal.
- What is the journal impact factor? (Look to see if it is provided on the journal home page. Alternately, it may be found through a Google Search.)
- On what date was the article submitted?
- On what date was the article accepted?
- Did the article undergo any revisions before acceptance?
- When was the article published?
- What is the approximate elapsed time between submission and publication?
- What are the institutions with which the authors are affiliated?
- Have the authors published other articles on this subject? (How will you find this out?)
- Is there a conflict of interest for any of the authors?
- Are the data associated with this article available? If so, provide a link to the dataset.
- Perform a prospective search on your article in the Web of Science and answer the following (note that LMU pays a subscription for this service, so you may not be able to access it off campus):
- How many articles does this article cite?
- How many articles cite this article?
