Nasser - I have a strategy that works for me. It's important to do the background checks if you wish your work to have the greatest chance of impact. I investigate the ranking databases i.e. ISI, Scimago according to the discipline that best fits my research topic. Depending on my previous experiences and my (or team) evaluation of the manuscript to be submitted, I rank the top 5 highest impact journals that I think I have a reasonable chance in. If I have not published with them before then I check the journal background i.e. scope, distribution, citation rates etc. Then I submit to the highest ranked first, on my list, and then keep going until it is accepted - following reviewer feedback and adjustment. Even with the lower journals on my list - there is still a good chance of reasonable impact and citation overall.

Nasser - I have a strategy that works for me. It's important to do the background checks if you wish your work to have the greatest chance of impact. I investigate the ranking databases i.e. ISI, Scimago according to the discipline that best fits my research topic. Depending on my previous experiences and my (or team) evaluation of the manuscript to be submitted, I rank the top 5 highest impact journals that I think I have a reasonable chance in. If I have not published with them before then I check the journal background i.e. scope, distribution, citation rates etc. Then I submit to the highest ranked first, on my list, and then keep going until it is accepted - following reviewer feedback and adjustment. Even with the lower journals on my list - there is still a good chance of reasonable impact and citation overall.

It helps if the published work is freely visible on line in an appropriate research journal of repute. Restricted access is a hurdle to number of views. Though number of citations is a coveted accomplishment, number of views and reads of the publication is no less important as people take ideas from your work and use them in another context or use the information in field practice. Number of reads/views may also, therefore, be used by the employers, in order to give incentive and/or promotion to the authors.

The first thing is to choose a catchy title for your articles so that they get wide attention by the readers. Second, choose the journals where articles receive more citations as compared to others which receive less, Third, do some homework and check the journal background i.e. nature, scope, etc. Open access or freely online visibility of a good research journal is also helpful. Uploading articles on research gate, academia etc., is helpful to make your research more visible and easily available to researchers.