Is it compulsory to publish all of your papers in impact factor journals?
I think some papers in non impacted have good readers as well as citation?
Dear Sir, i agree with your point. Actually, impacted journals have values on the basis of impact factor which makes differentiate, more and less valuable. Although cv value of our publication also matters, depends on category of journal and should be more visible with their extension ( (like ISI, JEL, SCOPUS, etc).
Rana - nothing is 'compulsory' unless your academic contract stipulates so. There is a saying that 'all publicity is good publicity' - and this can include presenting research findings more locally/regionally/nationally i.e. professional forums, conference proceeding, reports etc. This level of reporting still looks good on ones CV. Another point - is that one of my highest cited publications is a research textbook - and a number of chapters within it. I aim for journals where I can - and look to Impact Factors to list my target choices - but I like to use the other forums that I have mentioned as well - where I can.
Publishing in journals with impact factor, particularly those on the top of your field, is usually the goal of each researcher. It means a lot, not just to your institute and the research community but to your self. It shows that you have made an improvement in your research skills, and becoming more influential in what you work on. Therefore, it is not a compulsory thing or something you have to do. It is your passion for what you do that energise you to move to the next step. Having said this, not all journals listed in ISI or with an impact factor are that good, several in Q4 are not. Therefore, I think it is after all your choice.
It's about choice, no compulsion in doing that, unless if required by your employer. On the other hand, why not aiming at the best of job? Publishing in a high impact factor journal is excellent and most times increase publicity. Although, some are expensive to make one's paper openly accessed. Recently, one of our articles was accepted in a high IF journal but we later went to resubmit in a journal without citation index under ISI though indexed. The pain is, when I compared citation reports of the two journals, the former one has very high citations. To me what comes to mind is, papers published in high IF are usually more indexed in many databases and attracts wider publicity which culminates in good citations. It's therefore advisable, if one has the opportunity, to publish in high IF journals. What gives that high IF Value is that the papers are highly cited. Why won't you submit your paper where there's significant chance of getting citation, if you have opportunity?
Actually, impacted journals have values on the basis of the impact factors. nothing is 'compulsory' unless your academic contract stipulates Dean Whitehead thank u
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