The reality is a bit different. The "better" journals are listed in JCR. Nearly 40% of them have impact factor less than 1, it means that on average papers in

The reality is a bit different. The "better" journals are listed in JCR. Nearly 40% of them have impact factor less than 1, it means that on average papers in them are cited less than 1 times. Conclusion: even in better journals, the average paper is rarely cited at all, which means that definitely the public has rarely heard of it or found it useful.