In this activity we’ll look at how to find a journal on your topic, and identify its ranking/quality in that field using SciMago. Why do you need to check on the ranking/quality of a journal? Many thousands of journals are produced, and not every journal is made equal. This could be due to a number more… »
Lucky dip Challenges
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Finding a Journal and its quality by title – Using SciMago






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In this activity we’ll look at how to find a journal on your topic and identify its ranking/quality in that field using SciMago. Why do you need to check on the ranking/quality of a journal? Many thousands of journals are produced, and not every journal is made equal. This could be due to a number more… »
Scoping Literature Review: Next steps






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What is a scoping literature review? Scoping literature reviews (and Critically Appraised Topics) have become an important class of journal articles published in professional and discipline specific research journals. These review articles can provide a rationale for evidence based professional practice or policy on a specific topic. Scoping reviews need only involve one or more more… »
What is in a Scoping Literature Review?






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Resources you might find useful for the challenge Frameworks such as PICO, SPIDER and others are used to help to identify the key concepts and search terms for literature searching. The PRISMA flow chart used to record the reviewers search results, the appraisal results and evidence. The Library guide to Literature reviews: Scoping Reviews Your more… »
Identifying a predatory publisher






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In this exercise you will look at two different journals and check each for warning signs that help you to identify a predatory journal. The Library has a guide to predatory journals. You will find things you need to look out for there, but here is a step by step procedure you can go through. more… »