Rules and Self-Citation

Journal Self-Citation XIX: Self-Plagiarism and Self-Citation - A Practical Guide Based on Underlying Principles

Citation and self-citation in medical research in Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences | May 2014 | 385 Observation of constant increase of self-citation rate by Iranian scholars in all fi elds shows that self-citation plays an important role in scientifi c communication even in the fi eld of medicine. Base on Ghane’s study[8] the rate of journal self-citation among Iranian medical journals is about 61.5% and with reared to the Iranian auth...

Journal Self-Citation III: Exploring the Self-Citation Patterns in MIS Journals

Self-citation is a common practice in the research community. It includes citing one’s own papers and one’s target journal. A recent action by a publisher requesting each author of its journal to cite at least five papers published by the journal calls for a study of the self-citation patterns in MIS journals. This study intends to examine the cited table and the citing table in the database of...

Journal Self-Citation VI: Forced Journal Self-Citation - Common, Appropriate, Ethical?

Ensemble-style Self-training on Citation Classification

Classification of citations into categories such as use, refutation, comparison etc. may have several relevant applications for digital libraries such as paper browsing aids, reading recommendations, qualified citation indexing, or fine-grained impact factor calculation. Most citation classification approaches described so far heavily rely on rule systems and patterns tailored to specific scien...