Publishing

Selecting a journal for publication is done by Dr. Evelien Bunnik in close consultation with the first author. As of 2023, the Bunnik lab prefers to submit manuscripts to open access journals from not-for-profit publishers.

We believe that the quality and impact of a manuscript is not necessarily determined by the journal in which it is published, therefore we do not take the impact factor or scientific journal ranking (SJR) of a journal into account when selecting a journal for publication. Other criteria we use to evaluate a journal are reputation, the journal’s audience, article processing charges, word limit, format-free submission, time to first decision, publication time, manuscript transfer service, indexing, and copyright.

The Bunnik lab supports double-blind, transparent peer-review (publishing reviewer reports anonymously alongside the published article) and platforms such as Review Commons. Have a look at this video to see how Review Commons works.