Another important point, is that lower IF journals generally have a smaller audience than high IF journals. This is really important for how many times your art

Another important point, is that lower IF journals generally have a smaller audience than high IF journals. This is really important for how many times your articles are expected to be cited. Your H-index [1] is now sometimes requested from funding institutions, and I'm starting to see it on resumes. It's all kind of sad. So, in a lot of ways, the competitive research culture isn't helping inaccessible/exclusivity journal problem, since researchers are actively seeking out those journals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index