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Area of Science:

  • Bibliometrics
  • Scientific Publishing
  • Decision Analysis

Background:

  • Journal selection is a critical step for researchers, involving trade-offs between knowledge dissemination, time efficiency, and publication success.
  • Conflicting objectives, such as maximizing citations versus minimizing time-to-decision and resubmissions, complicate this decision.
  • Divergent preferences among co-authors can further exacerbate these trade-offs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply a multi-objective decision analytical framework to identify Pareto-optimal journal submission strategies.
  • To determine journal submission pathways that balance maximizing citations, minimizing time-to-decision, and minimizing resubmissions.
  • To analyze these strategies across different career stages and account for co-author preferences.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a multi-objective decision analysis framework to map the Pareto front between key objectives.
  • Evaluated journal submission pathways considering researcher career stages and potential co-author conflicts.
  • Introduced and assessed the 'conditional impact factor' (impact factor × acceptance rate) as a heuristic for journal ranking.

Main Results:

  • Identified multiple viable strategies for journal submission, dependent on researchers' risk and effort tolerance versus citation goals.
  • Found that journal sequences maximizing expected citations are generally consistent across different time horizons.
  • The 'conditional impact factor' proved effective in balancing effort minimization and citation maximization objectives.

Conclusions:

  • A structured decision-analytic approach can help researchers navigate complex journal selection trade-offs.
  • The 'conditional impact factor' offers a practical heuristic for journal evaluation.
  • Explicitly representing and visualizing trade-offs aids negotiation and supports collaborative decision-making among co-authors.