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Authors might be influenced by the perceived quality of the journal when deciding where to submit a manuscript.
They have come to use it not only for deciding where to submit research papers, but for judging their peers, as well as influencing who wins jobs, tenure, and grants.
Clearly, "journal quality and impact factor is most important not [open access] when deciding where to submit" for the majority of scientists, says Peter Strickland of the International Union of Crystallography, which publishes the fully open-access Structure Reports Online as well as seven subscription-based journals.
Consequently, researchers take the impact factor of a journal into account when deciding where to submit their work for publication, while journal editors may have the impact factor of their journal in mind when deciding which manuscripts to accept for publication [3].
The Nature Publishing Group/Palgrave MacMillan Author Insights 2015 Survey reported the JIF as "very important or quite important" to 90% of respondents when deciding where to submit a paper.
The funding bodies have never had any role in designing the study, in analyzing and interpreting the data, in writing the manuscript, or in deciding where to submit the manuscript for publication.
"Designers who submit the designs decide where to manufacture, but prefer to do it locally for obvious logistical reasons.
How do you decide where to give?
Decide where to put your efforts.
If not, decide where to cut back.
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