The journal selection ‘path to publication’ journey

Selecting a 'good' journal for your next article is a thorny issue and perhaps THE key step on your path to publication

When I was a PhD student, my supervisor - an eminent paleontologist - used to always say: “Aim high with your papers”, “Try to get them into the best journals possible”. “You’ll get rejected, of course”, he used to say, “but recycle, and try for the next one down the list”.

I also remember another of my mentors, one of the paleontology curators at the Am…