Library Guides: Find Journals To Publish Your Research: "Best Match" Services

Where Has Similar Research Been Published?

SPI-Hub
Developed by the Center for Knowledge Management at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, SPI-Hub™ enables you to Identify journals in which to publish your research.
JournalGuide
"JournalGuide is a free tool that helps researchers to evaluate scholarly journals. In addition to searching by journal name, category or publisher, authors can use the title and abstract of a paper to discover journals that have already published articles on similar topics."
JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator
"Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper? Or are you an editor, and do you need to find reviewers for a particular paper? Jane can help!"

EndNote (Free, basic) This link opens in a new window
EndNote is a citation management software plus a journal publication finder tool.

Clarivate Analytics/EndNote Best Match (Manuscript Matcher) is a handy utility and you can access this tool if you already have EndNote, you can find this service with your online account. This service runs a search against journals in the Web of Science platform.

Elsevier's Journal Finder
Enter title and abstract of your paper to easily find journals that could be best suited for publishing. JournalFinder will match your paper to scientific journals published by Elsevier.
Springer: Journal Suggestor
Springer journal matching technology finds relevant journals published by Springer based on your manuscript details.
Wiley Journal Finder
Not sure where to submit your article? Journal Finder can suggest Wiley journals that may be relevant for your research. Simply enter your title and abstract and we’ll create a list of potential journals for you to consider.