Not exactly but because of accurate peer reviewing in higher journal the value of its published article would be higher.
Good question!
Most probably, my dear friend, the future of academic research dissemination may not reside in peer-reviewed journals, scholarly and educated books (or even intellectual conferences) any more, but in something else maybe: the research itself alone (on its own merits) and the number of the citations it has obtained than to the relevance of the journals in which it is published, and their impact factor(s) or where it is published, for that matter. In addition, to publish a paper in a journal cannot, in my view, be the only thing that measures the impact or the quality of research, but there are other important activities such as the creation and advancement of knowledge in the human community at large. The conclusion I draw is that research (in its common sense) is a means, not an end.
If it is just the indexing of a journal added a value to the research paper, what we should say about the earlier scholars and researchers academic works (before indexing, isi metrics comes out)? I totaly agree with Prof Obeidat comments "the research itself alone (on its own merits) and the number of the citations it has obtained than to the relevance of the journals in which it is published, and their impact factor(s) or where it is published, for that matter."
This is a loop: multiple indexing may increase number of citations, huge number of citations may raise Impact Factor, incrased IF provide better peer-reviewers and more authors, what may influence number of citations ... But this is more bibliometric data than science. There is possible to find good or very good paper in not known journal, but it seems this probability is bigger in well peer-reviewed, indexed journals. This is continuous problem of dissemination of the research results strategy: how to balance between peer-reviewed top IF journals and open access journals, especially if you publish more than 10-20 papers a year. Quicker is better? Or wait two years (in selected journals) for publication?
To reiterate, my friend, Ali, Indexing, abstracting, impact factors (IF) are, I think, academic "jargon," more or less, intended to move common attention and concern from what research is to what it does (in terms of indexing, abstracting and impacting —so to speak—from being to feeling. In a word, that is, research should always be food for thought (for what it is worth)!
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