JournalLens
Know which journals you can trust
JournalLens is a platform that helps researchers and institutions evaluate academic journals. It combines quality metrics, a credibility score and personalised recommendations so that publishing decisions are made on evidence rather than reputation alone.
Problem solved
Researchers face more than twenty thousand active journals and a growing number of predatory and low quality outlets. Choosing where to publish is high stakes and the information needed to choose well is scattered, inconsistent and often behind paywalls.
Who it is for
Researchers, research groups, university libraries, research offices and publishers.
Industry context
Scholarly publishing and research integrity, an area under increasing scrutiny from funders, institutions and national research assessment systems.
Features
Credibility scoring
Every journal receives a credibility score built from verifiable quality indicators rather than reputation alone.
Impact metrics
Citation impact, citation data and publication trends for each journal.
Comprehensive journal database
Detailed records for hundreds of thousands of academic journals, searchable by name, ISSN or subject.
Quality indicators
Indexing status, peer review process and editorial standards shown side by side so they can be compared.
Community reviews
First hand feedback from researchers who have published in the journal.
Browser extensions
Chrome and Firefox extensions that show credibility scores directly on Google Scholar and PubMed.