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Compare up to five journals on the facts that actually differ — APC, indexing, h-index and turnaround. This is a comparison, not a universal ranking.

If you arrived from a Publication DNA result, fit scores are for that paper only.

Add a journal name or ISSN, up to 5

Field quartile: this journal's rank by 2-year mean citedness against every other journal we track in the same field, split into four equal groups. This is this site's own calculation from OpenAlex data — not a SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) or Clarivate JCR quartile, which use different, licensed methodologies and a different journal set.

Retraction rate: share of each journal's Crossref-indexed output carrying a retraction notice (Crossref absorbed the Retraction Watch Database in 2023). A signal worth weighing, not a full integrity audit — older or smaller journals can be under-covered.

Researcher rating: from people who have actually submitted to or reviewed for these journals, moderated before publishing. Share your own experience.

How to use this

Search and add 2 to 5 journals by name or ISSN.
The comparison updates as you add or remove journals, and the URL updates too, so you can share or bookmark a specific comparison.
If you arrive here from a Publication DNA result, your paper’s fit score for each journal is shown and the best-fitting one is called out. Without that context, this is a plain comparison of journal facts — not a ranking.

All figures come from the same verified data as the rest of the site. See methodology for sources.