Now available as preprint:
Wang, Jing, Willem Halffman, and Serge P. J. M. Horbach. ‘The Journal Attention Cycle: Indicators as Assets in the Chinese Scientific Publishing Economy.’, 13 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/6uvpz.

How journals use attention indicators such as the Journal Impact Factor as an asset, but also how the possibility to do so depends on the evaluative regime under which they function, using Chinese journals as examples.