... It's the only thing that's relevant.
When the journals are 'rogue', from the title of the article, they are using the previously established quality metrics (which determine the acquisition cost of the journal... more volume, more IF = higher cost) to price access.
A rogue or hijacked journal sells 'real publications'. They are more expensive than fake journal products. Access to them can be bought by individual dishonest researchers but they are more frequently targeted by paper mills, because their business model explicitly supports this kind of targeting.
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