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01/08/2016

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I've done well publishing the last few years mainly in top 20 journals by keeping around 5 papers under review, writing a new one at least every time 1 is published (so I maintain at least 5 under review at all times), and revising papers based on good referee reports before sending them out again.

I'll stick with a paper I like for years. I just had one published in a top 20 that was rejected 6 times (including from much worse ranked journals). I of course am always thinking of improvements throughout the process. The papers get better and better (often longer too). But if there is a paper of mine I like and I want published, I get that f*cker published!! ...eventually...

I've had no more luck publishing in low ranked journals than top 20. I find that low ranked journals sometimes have really bad referees, but so do top journals. (You can't imagine some of the incompetent people I've gotten at AJP.) So, as I don't do any better at no-name journals, I just submit to top 20 now.

There is a big luck element to it (just getting a competent review helps), but it does seem as if as my papers get better they eventually get R&Red.

job marketer

Thanks for this advice. I see plenty of people on blogs talking about journal rankings. Where might I find a reliable one? When I search I seem to find rankings that are either very old or highly contested. Is this the best kind of information available or am I just not finding the good stuff?

Journals

Job Marketer,
This is a reasonably good (and reliable) list.

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/07/top-philosophy-journals-without-regard-to-area.html

All of these journals are respectable.

When choosing where to publish you ought to think about who your audience is. For philosophy of science, for example, here is a reasonable list, roughly in order: Philosophy of Science, BJPS, Synthese, Erkenntnis, SHPS, ISPS. That is, publishing in these journals will give you credibility as a philosopher of science.

job marketer

Thanks, Journals!

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