A Methodology for Selecting Foreign Open Access Journals to Publish Research Results

The article provides a methodology for selecting and further ranking foreign open access journals. This methodology takes into account several bibliometric indicators, as well as an article processing charge. The analysis of applying the methodology was carried out using the example of journals indexed in Scopus (thematic category – “Cell Biology”). Proceeding on this basis, the author has compiled a ranked list of foreign open access journals recommended for publishing research articles. The methodology is universal and can be applied to selecting journals in different subject areas. The Bradford distribution was used to distinguish the “core” and leading journals. While ranking the journals selected by this distribution, a final list of 17 foreign open access journals in the field of cellular biology was compiled (two of them do not charge a publication fee). It is an additional guide for researchers when choosing a journal to publish their works.