Hah!
Did you really know what the impact factor really means?
Did you really read, and grasp the information you read in the article above, about the impact factor?
Search google annd pubmed about the distortion about the impact factor.
Also, what a citation does mean?
X cites Y cites Z cites A cites C cites D cites E, Cites X,…bla bla bla, and then? What else? What then? If someone is cited 1000 times, what does this mean?
It is the human EGO, which looks for some recognition in any form!
Citation is just for citation!
True and useful Science is that science resulting in concrete patent! All the citation and so, are without real usefulness.