影响因子的决定因素很多。举例,如果某个题目做的人很多,该期刊发表这些论文以后影响因子会大大增加。比如,guanxi研究。相反,如果topic比较小众,或者方法难度较大,后面的学者不好跟进,这类研究的被引次数就会大大减少。也和研究的类型相关,如果是Review的论文,一般被引次数都相对较大。比如Journal of Management和Academy of Management Annual。同意楼主所说,期刊质量和影响因子并不完全成正比
It's free or cheap to send your academic paper to a credited publisher for review. I do not think professors and graduate students cannot afford to send out paper to credited publishers.