If it's a research paper then the point is to push the frontier of science and knowledge forward, or at least to the side. This means that you will have to know

If it's a research paper then the point is to push the frontier of science and knowledge forward, or at least to the side. This means that you will have to know where the frontier is. That frontier can be marked by some previous papers which you will cite in your paper. If your paper really pushes the frontier, then you can target the journal where the paper in the old frontier that your paper pushes past was published. If your work is original and credible and acceptably written and really pushes the frontier then they will likely be more than happy to publish it no matter where it comes from. I would tell a story about a paper being published but I don't want to end up archived in the creepy backrooms of algolia https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights