Journal Selection Service
About 20% of manuscript rejections occur due to scope mismatch with the journal. Our expert will review your research and suggest 3-5 journals that best fit your publication goals.
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Journal Selection Services for Life Sciences, Pharma, and Research: Navigating Publication Success
Our expert journal selection service can help ensure your research is delivered to the target audience with clarity, compliance, and credibility, while maximizing publication potential.
Selecting the right journal in today’s competitive research environment is critical. Researchers, pharma teams, and medical device firms often need to:
- Align their manuscript with the appropriate journal scopes
- Comply with ethical publication standards (COPE, ICMJE, GPP)
- Avoid the risk of rejection by accurately matching their work with their target journal
- Disseminate results in journals with high visibility and impact
- Align their manuscript with the appropriate journal scopes
- Comply with ethical publication standards (COPE, ICMJE, GPP)
- Avoid the risk of rejection by accurately matching their work with their target journal
- Disseminate results in journals with high visibility and impact
Yet, many encounter difficulties due to evolving journal scopes, complex submission requirements, and limited insights into optimal journal choices.
At Pubrica, we appreciate the enormous significance of the appropriate journal selection for your research paper. You can depend on our devoted team of specialists to help guide you through the elaborate process of journal selection and offer continuous support to assist your manuscript in complying with the highest standards of your intended publication.
Selecting a journal plays a vital role in the success of your research publication. Pubrica provides professional journal selection services that will set up your manuscript’s submission to the most relevant, high-impact academic journal. Our team of experts improves the chances that your paper will be accepted and seen by aligning your research with the correct journal for its publication.
Our Compliance and guideline Standards
- Strategic Journal Evaluation: As part of our academic journal selection process, we begin with a purposeful consideration of potential journals. We will consider journals based upon the following factors: topical relevancy, scope fit, peer review process, language, citations, indexing, and international readership. This data-driven approach, rooted in our Publication Support, ensures your research paper’s journal selection reflects your academic objectives.
- Minimize Rejection Risks: Leveraging our experience in Pre-Submission Peer Review and Journal Submission services, we help you avoid common rejection missteps by identifying journals that precisely fit your research scope, methodology, and audience. This process of identifying target journals minimizes desk rejection risk and maximizes total peer review success.
- Enhanced Research Visibility: Our Formatting and Plagiarism Check services complement our journal selection efforts by ensuring your manuscript adheres to journal standards, increasing the likelihood that your work will reach the appropriate academic audience, receive citations, and gain worldwide visibility. The right journal will help solidify your research credibility and will also enhance your academic reputation.

- Comprehensive Support:From advising on the appropriateness of your selected journal to understanding its specific instructions for authors, our team will support you throughout the journal selection process.
Who We Serve
Researchers & Academicians
PhD Scholars
Research Institutions & Labs
Medical Writers & Life Science
How a Journal Selection: Writing and Rewriting Works

Identify Journal Scope and Objectives
We start by understanding your manuscript and matching it with journals that align with your research domain and objectives.

Review Previously Published Articles
We evaluate journals that have published similar topics to ensure your work aligns with their editorial interests.

Evaluate Journal Policies & Guidelines
Our team checks submission criteria, manuscript formatting, and open access policies to ensure compliance.

Analyze Journal Impact & Reputation
We assess metrics like Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Scopus rankings, and indexing databases.

Assess Journal Visibility and Reach
Choosing journals with wide readership and high discoverability improves your research visibility.

Consider Timeframes and Cost Factors
We provide insights into submission-to-publication timelines and APCs (if any), helping you plan effectively.
Medical Science
Life Science
Engineering & Technology
Social science

Open Access

Subscription Based

Hybrid Journals

High-Impact Journals

Scopus/WoS Indexed

Emerging Journals

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

DOAJ

Rapid Review

Low APCs

Multilingual Support

Regional Journals

Speed up your Journey to Journal Selection with Pubrica
Improve your publication journey with Pubrica’s journal selection support service. We will speed up the acceptance of your manuscript with customized support and expertise related to journal requirements.
- GDPR & Data Privacy
- No Predatory Journals Guarantee
- Ethical Journal Practices
Benefits of Our Journal Selection Process
- Bring decades of knowledge from experience. Tap into Pubrica’s 20+ years of academic publishing experience. Our experienced team has helped over 800,000 researchers publish in high-impact-factor journals. In addition, with experience from more than 800,000 publications, our journal selection service makes the process easier and increases the likelihood of your paper being published.
- Journal selection by publication experts: At Pubrica, we appreciate the struggles of selecting peer-reviewed journals amongst the predatory ones. Our journal selection service guarantees you in credible, peer-reviewed journals. You can count on our experts’ knowledge in your subject area to provide you with a detailed evaluation and fully considered recommendations.
- Choosing Pubrica’s professional journal selection service will decrease scope-based rejections from your target journals. We will also help you identify other reasons for rejection, such as research design not meeting requirements, or lack of literature review detail, and we provide custom publication packages designed to support you in publishing faster.

Our Packages

Standard
HIGH-END PUBLICATION SUPPORT + RAPID TECHNICAL REVIEW

ADVANCED
HIGH-END PUBLICATION SUPPORT + RAPID TECHNICAL REVIEW

ELITE
HIGH-END PUBLICATION SUPPORT + RAPID TECHNICAL REVIEW
- Ideal for:
Authors seeking expert journal advice in determining the best fit for their manuscript.
- Includes: 3 Curated Journal Recommendations (Scopus/SCI/PubMed aligned) based on your research scope and goals.
Summary Report with journal aims, scope, acceptance rates, and author guidelines.
- Journal Recommendation Information about 3 to 5 journals, where Your manuscript would suit perfectly. Suggestions are according to the journal scope and technical quality of YOUR manuscript.
Summary Report with journal aims, scope, acceptance rates, and author guidelines.
- Optional Add-ons:
Impact Factor & Indexing.
Open Access vs Subscription Journal Consultations.
- Turnaround:
5 working days.
- Ideal for:
Researchers who want the journal selection and the manuscript preparation for a clear and timely submission process.
- Includes:
All deliverables are provided in the Standard Package.
Manuscript Formatting for the selected journal’s guidelines.
Customized Cover Letter draft as per the journal guidelines.
- Optional Add-ons:
Impact Factor & Indexing Analysis.
Open Access vs Subscription Journal Consultation.
Language Editing & Proofreading.
- Turnaround:
7–8 working days.
- Ideal for:
Authors requiring complete support from journal selection through to submission and peer review.
- Includes:
All of the deliverables in the Advanced Package
Submission Support, including tracking and communication management
Peer-Review Rebuttal Support with expert response drafting
- Optional Add-ons:
Impact Factor & Indexing Analysis.
Open Access vs Subscription Journal Consultation.
Language Editing & Proofreading.
- Turnaround: 10–12 working days.
Testimonials
"Pubrica's journal discovery team helped me quickly identify journals aligned with the scope and significance of my manuscript. The database filtering and editorial insights saved months of guessing. I am now published in a Q2 Journal based on Scopus. Highly recommended! "
Dr. Anjali Verma, PhD
- Scholar - Life Sciences

"Thanks to Pubrica, I submitted to a high-impact open-access journal I would not have found on my own. Their review and selection based on rankings confirmed the journal was appropriate for my research goals.â€
Dr. Fatima Al-Nouri,
- Postdoc Researcher -Medical Genetics
"I had a strict deadline for the publication I needed for my grant proposal. Pubrica's journal selection service identified appropriate indexed fast-track journals. My manuscript was accepted within 7 weeks. Outstanding service."
Dr. David Mensah,
- Independent Researcher - Public Health
Cilent Feedback
We prioritize open, timely, and transparent communications to keep the client informed through every stage of their project. Using a quality-driven approach guarantees precise feedback with a collaborative support framework for their research to work!

Journal Selection Sample Work
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Explore our Journal Selection sample work tailored to your manuscript’s scope, indexing requirements, and impact factor goals.
Diabetes Care
Diabetes Care is a journal for the health care practitioner focused on increasing knowledge, stimulating research, and promoting better management of people with diabetes. To foster these objectives, the journal publishes original research in the areas of Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research, Epidemiology/Health Services Research, Emerging Treatments and Technologies, Pathophysiology/Complications, and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk.
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Frequently Asked Questions – Journal Selection Services
Yes, we deal with indexing as per your preference (SCI, Scopus, UGC, PubMed, etc.).
Yes, we can re-evaluate your manuscript and suggest other options that may be a better fit.
We do not guarantee acceptance, but we will maximise your chances by selecting journals that fit the quality and scope of your manuscript.
Yes, journal formatting is provided as a singular add-on service or in a bundle.
We offer a wide range of services such as journal selection, publication planning, journal submission assistance, peer review, resubmissions and responses to reviewers, formatting services, and artwork preparation services.
It depends on the order type for delivery. Our academic experts would help you to present your journal in a highly esteemed and peer-reviewed journal.
We have completed the writing of a scientific & academic research article. Use appropriate citations (e.g., Oxford, APA, and MLA) as needed.
Pubrica hires experienced and certified professionals only from Europe and the UK base. All of our medical writers have Master’s and PhD degrees with at least five years of writing experience. Each writer specializes in their discipline; this allows us to match the most appropriate writer with the discipline of your order. You will receive only subject expertise, guaranteed, i.e., every order of thesis receives only a relevant research background.
After confirming your order, work will be assigned to Project Associates (PA), who will check the order according to the requirements. The order will, later on, be assigned to specific subject experts after signing a non-disclosure agreement. She/he will start working on the project as per the agreed deliverables. The order will be delivered after a thorough quality check and assurance by the Quality Assurance Department (QAD) and will be given for a plagiarism check. After that, you will get the QAD and a plagiarism report.
We promise the following guarantees:
- On-time delivery
- Plagiarism-free and Unique Content (with the acceptability of less than 5-10% plagiarism)
- Exact match with your order requirements
- Engaging Subject or domain experts for your project.
If there is any deviation in the above guarantees, we take 100% responsibility to compensate.
Yes, at Scientific Writing & Publishing Support, our motto is to work hands-on with clients. We guarantee 100% project satisfaction. So, we will exceed their expectations. Full-fledged writing services across all domains; moreover, we also provide animation, regulatory writing, medical writing, research, and biostatistical programming services as well.
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