How to identify academic resources

Check journal peer review status

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To establish definitively whether a particular journal title is peer reviewed or refereed the university uses the tools listed on the Recognised Journal Directories page of the Research Grants and Ethics Branch (RGEB) site. These are the lists the university uses to determine the quality of staff publication output when reporting to government. Funding to universities is allocated partly on the outcome of these measures.

ISI Citation Index (Thomson ISI)

Follow the link to the Master Journal List to access the search function (title, title keyword, ISSN).

Register Refereed Journals, now closed, no longer maintained, last version 05 January 2006 (choose .rtf or .pdf)

Was maintained by the Australian Government, Department of Education, Science and Training for Higher Education Research Data Collection purposes. Journals not listed in Ulrich's or ISI registers could be submitted for inclusion in the DEST Register of Refereed Journals. Evidence required that refereeing was the standard practice of the journal. Inclusion on the register meant the journal meets requirements.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (access requires Authcate)

Search by journal title. If the journal is refereed or peer reviewed, this icon will appear beside the title. To see the list of all peer reviewed journals, view that section of the print copy of Ulrich's periodicals directory.