Over time, it looks confusing if there is any shortcoming in the choice of publishing continually in one journal, rather than choosing different journals for different paper submissions... I wish to know, also, any benefit attached with choosing different journals for different papers.
It might depend on the field, but my hunch is that it is better to spread your work across a few journals, rather than trying to cram them all into the same one. Publishers do want diverse journal issues, such that many subjects are represented, because it creates better possibilities for the issues to be read, and ultimately cited. And for yourself - your name would be better and more widely exposed to the world of science if you were to publish in several journals, rather than just one. It might also be that some journals DO want their authors to publish elsewhere, too, if not for anything else than to make sure that the readers do not suspect that you have some (un)official ties with the journal. So: publish widely!
It might depend on the field, but my hunch is that it is better to spread your work across a few journals, rather than trying to cram them all into the same one. Publishers do want diverse journal issues, such that many subjects are represented, because it creates better possibilities for the issues to be read, and ultimately cited. And for yourself - your name would be better and more widely exposed to the world of science if you were to publish in several journals, rather than just one. It might also be that some journals DO want their authors to publish elsewhere, too, if not for anything else than to make sure that the readers do not suspect that you have some (un)official ties with the journal. So: publish widely!
My take, i believe it is good to spread your work across different Journals that fits the scope of your research interest. It helps to increase the visibility of your work and also helps you to improve more on your work, since Journals have different review criteria. Additionally, it will also helps boost the number of times your work will be cited.
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