The influence of self citations in the increase of impact factor in Social Sciences journals

被引：12

作者：

Miguel Campanario, Juan ^{[1
]}

Candelario, Antonia ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alcala de Henares, Dept Fis, Madrid, Spain

来源：

REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA | 2010年 / 33卷 / 02期

关键词：

Impact factor; self citations; EDITORS; AUTHORS; INDEX;

D O I：

10.3989/redc.2010.2.722

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

In this work we study the effect of journal self citations in the increase of impact factor of journals indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index from 1998 to 2007. Two sets of journals are studied: 63 journals in which the impact factor increased after four successive decreases and 23 journals in which the impact factor increased in at least six successive years during the period studied. The main variable is the percentage of journal self citations that contribute to impact factor No proof was found of widespread manipulation of the impact factor as a result of the high level of use of self citations in journals.

引用

页码：185 / 200

页数：16

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