When does the impact factor help you decide which journal to submit your papers?
Have you known any very good journal of a low impactor factor? How you evaluate performance of a journal?
In my experience, the impact factor is at most the secondary consideration when I attempt to submit a paper. In general, at any research field, there is a priority order of journals in every researcher's mind. Although this priority order has some relationship with the impact factor, yet, it is not determined by the impact factor. The journal quality depends on its popularity, the dedication and seriousness of the editors and the reviewers and the authors. These factors seem to be much more stable than the impact factor.
Publisher's intention is to enhance the reputation of the journal directly with that authors reputation increases indirectly.
journal with good impact factor- difficult for the paper to get accepted by the editor
-news is bitter to the author
journal with low impact factor- easy for the paper to get accepted/published- sweet news.
situation is similar to
25 years old wine - almost 10 times costly than the fresh
and
fresh wine- almost 10 times lowest cost compared to 25 years one.
here the criteria is age of wine and cost
in your case it is the case of impact factor and reputation to the author.
Wang: "The journal quality depends on its popularity, the dedication and seriousness of the editors and the reviewers and the authors."
Cheng: very well said.
Raja: "situation is similar to 25 years old wine"
Cheng: interesting analogy.
Someone esle said that: If you hate impact factors so much, propose a better alternative. Is it possible to have a better alternative? What about RG value?
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