Biological Sciences: Enhance Research Visibility

Publish articles in journals may help:

• Receiving comments and earning approval from prestigious and professional editorial board
• Reaching a wider audience and enhancing your research visibility
• Gaining a concrete academic job qualification

Journals vary widely, so think about the following factors when choosing a journal for publishing:

• Your desired audience
• Impact and ranking (can refer to InCites journal citation reports)
• Indexing status by citation databases
• Acceptance / Rejection rate
• Peer review status
• Length of the review process
• Reputation of the publisher, journal, editor in chief, or editorial board
• Review or publication fees
• Rights for authors

Source: Selecting a Journal for Publication: Questions to Ask Before Selecting a Journal by Bernard Becker Medical Library

Journal's editorial policy, instructions to authors and other pertinent information are very useful for you to prepare and submit an article to a journal. Make sure you read and understand such kinds of information clearly before preparing a final version of your article. Please refer to websites of individual publisher or journal for more details.

HKU Scholars Hub iis to enhance the visibility of HKU authors and their research:

• ResearcherPages (RPs) for
  •  research or teaching Staff with a UGC Grade A - I
  • RPG Students
• Research Output such as
  • Patents
  • Publications
  • Theses