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Yes, that's pretty much it. Top-tier journals are very interested in a high number of citations for their articles. That's how they achieve a high "Impact Factor" which has become the measure of a journal's influence. They publish interesting and significant science, but favor hot topics over less popular areas of research. Journals are outdated, and they are dying. Their purpose was distribution, and currently, they actually hinder it more than they aid it.