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Shorter version: Submit papers to the journals you cite most often. Don't submit papers to journals you never cite.
– JeffE
Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 12:21
@JeffE Doesn't that just push the question back to "which papers should you cite?"
– user23776
Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 16:06
Doesn't this create a feedback loop, if everyone just does what everyone does? Won't this at least occasionally inflate bad journals that overshadow good ones? Let's suppose one of the people you trust and imitate answers this question; what do they do?
– user23776
Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 16:09
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@fredsbend Doesn't that just push the question back to "which papers should you cite?" — No, of course not! Whether or not to cite a paper has absolutely nothing to do with where that paper is published. — what do they do? — They read a lot of papers and chase a lot of references (both forward and backward).
– JeffE
Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 22:34

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