The effects of citation-based research evaluation schemes on self-citation behavior

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

The Effects of Co-citation Proximity on Co-citation Analysis

In this paper we investigate the effects of co-citation proximity on the quality of co-citation analysis through four experiments of co-citation instances found in full-text scientific publications. First, we compared the distributions of co-citation instances at four levels of proximity in journal articles with the traditionally used article-level co-citation counts. Second, we analyzed how co...

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evaluation of self-citation of iranian scientific medical journals indexed in scopus citation index

introduction: self-citation is considered as one of the greatest shortcomings of citation analysis. although self-citation is natural for journals, its excessive use would eliminate the journal from evaluations made by databases. this study examined the rate of self-citation of iranian scientific medical journals in english indexed in scopus citation index during 2005-2009. methods: this descri...