Pending approval. Provisional guidance pending approval — not an official University policy until approved.
Steps
- Define your topic and target audience.
- Find journals that have published related work and check their scope.
- Check the publisher, editorial board and peer-review policy.
- Verify indexing in official sources.
- Know the fees and licence terms.
- Apply the checklist on the Scholarly Publishing page.
Warning signs
Insistent unsolicited emails, promises of quick acceptance, unverifiable indexing claims, undisclosed fees.