How do I get read and cited if I do not publish in elite-journals? | SciELO in Perspective

"Recently on the ResearchGate blog1 Professor Rolf Henrik Nilsson of the University of Gothenburg proposed the recurrent question that always comes to new researchers (and not so new), namely: How can you increase the visibility of your published articles?2 Most researchers who are not in the select group of privileged who publish in elite-journals or Q1 journals, wonder what is the recipe to enhance the impact of their publications. Professor Nilsson started an interesting debate that, within the two weeks since he published his post, has received about 30 contributions from dozens of universities and institutions as distant from each other as Estonia Physical Society, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Melbourne, California State University, Spanish National Research Council, Universidad de Monterrey, University of Waikato, etc. Nilsson’s starting point focuses on the goal of increasing citations impact as a matter of public relations. He does not consider the Impact Factor of elite-journals, WoS, Scopus, etc.; this will be the result of a proper promotion campaign. To start the debate, Nilsson offers some classic actions and invites other researchers to reveal their helpful advice (tips) ... Then, a cascade of ideas came out; over 30 different suggestions were recorded, some of which we mention in this note ..."