One of the best ways to determine what journal to submit your paper to is to talk to more experienced colleagues.  Ask them which journals they think would be interested in your article -- which might be different from which journals are the most important in your field. You can also search your paper's topic in PubMed or another appropriate database. There are several resources that will help you do this more effectively:

• JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator)
  • JANE works with PubMed to match your abstract to appropriate journals in biomedicine and will identify which of the recommended journals are in MEDLINE.
• JournalGuide
  • JournalGuide works much like JANE, but claims to work across all academic fields, not just biomedicine.
• EndNote's Manuscript Matcher
  • If you used EndNote for reference management, it can help you locate an appropriate journal.
  • Fine Manuscript Matcher under EndNote's Groups menu or in the EndNote tools in Microsoft Word.
  • In addition to the title and abstract of your article, Manuscript Matcher can also use the articles in your bibliography to suggest journals. 

Case reports are often an author's first foray into publication; however, not all journals accept them.  Here are several resources to help you locate appropriate journals.

• CARE: Case Report Guidelines
  • Provides guidance on writing case reports
  • For Authors page includes a link to suggested journals.
• Gotschall T, Spencer A, Hoogland MA, Cortez E, Irish E. Journals accepting case reports. J Med Libr Assoc. 2023; 111(4):819-22.
  • This article by a group of health sciences librarians links to a list of over 1000 journals that accept case reports. 
• Schaffer Library of Health Sciences at Albany Medical College has a subject guide that includes information about journals that publish case reports.