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A macro study of self-citation

Aksnes, Dag W.·2003·Scientometrics

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Crossref · 10.1023/a:1021919228368

Cites

15 of 15 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

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  • The lowest percentage of self-citations in publications by Norwegian authors is in clinical medicine (17%) and the highest percentage is in chemistry and astrophysics (31%).

    “Aksnes (2003) shows that the lowest percentage of self-citations in publications by Norwegian authors is in clinical medicine (17%) and the highest percentage is in chemistry and astrophysics (31%).”
  • The number of self-citations increases with the number of authors of the citing document.

    “Costas et al. (2010) and Aksnes (2003) similarly report that the number of self-citations increases with the number of authors of the citing document.”
  • The increase in the number of self-citations might play a minor role in the overall increase in citation rates.

    “The results of Aksnes (2003) and Glänzel and Thijs (2004) reveal, however, that the increase in the number of self-citations might play a minor role in the overall increase in citation rates.”

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Authors
Aksnes, D. W.
Affiliations
Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NO)
Corresponding author
Aksnes, Dag W.
Venue
Scientometrics
Published
2003-02
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
235-246
ISSN
  • 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
  • 1588-2861
OpenAlex
W2131409840
Cited by
357
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 13
FWCI
14.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
Keywords
self-citation, citation analysis, citation metrics, research evaluation, multi-author papers, disciplinary variation, citation counts

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Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

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