I am with you. This is exactly how lots of decent places view these journals.
Ah, the arrogance. MS has a higher impact factor than TAR, so I’d say we have a top 4. Then, for those of us in the real world (anyone who is not at a top 5-10 department) RAST and CAR count for something. So, top 6 is a reasonable statement. If you count AOS (for people in behavioral) then you can argue there is a “top 7.” Most of the world is not elite, a place like MSU can’t have the same standards as MIT, Chicago, Wharton, or Stanford. And most of the faculty at those schools won’t make tenure anyhow. So limiting yourself to the “top 3” (or “top 2”) is incredibly stupid.
I only count top 2.
Lol, “top 6.”