Your advisor gets evaluated on the basis of the index associated with the publications he authored/supervised. The recommendations you receive depend on the indexing associated with the journals where you would like to publish. My guess is that the journal you indicated is not good for him in that sense, and that he would like one that helps him towards the research management department
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Your advisor gets evaluated on the basis of the index associated with the publications he authored/supervised. The recommendations you receive depend on the indexing associated with the journals where you would like to publish. My guess is that the journal you indicated is not good for him in that sense, and that he would like one that helps him towards the research management department