Here is a website that does a good job of explaining what an impact factor is: What is an impact factor
To what degree you should pay attention to impact factors is explored in different posts, and depends upon your discipline, the type of university at which you work (or wish to work), and the nature of your work.
Love them or hate them, publishing an article in a "high" (relative to your field) impact factor journal never hurts.
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