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In†text function of author self†citations: Implications for research evaluation practice

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  • Dangzhi Zhao
  • Andreas Strotmann
  • Alicia Cappello

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Author self†citations were examined as to their function, frequency, and location in the full text of research articles and compared with external citations. Function analysis was based on manual coding of a small dataset in the field of library and information studies, whereas the analyses by frequency and location used both this small dataset and a large dataset from PubMed Central. Strong evidence was found that self†citations appear more likely to serve as substantial citations in a text than do external citations. This finding challenges previous studies that assumed that self†citations should be discounted or even removed and suggests that self†citations should be given more weight in citation analysis, if anything.

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  • Dangzhi Zhao & Andreas Strotmann & Alicia Cappello, 2018. "In†text function of author self†citations: Implications for research evaluation practice," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 69(7), pages 949-952, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jinfst:v:69:y:2018:i:7:p:949-952
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.24046
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    1. Liyue Chen & Jielan Ding & Vincent Larivière, 2022. "Measuring the citation context of national self‐references," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 73(5), pages 671-686, May.
    2. Yangping Zhou, 2021. "Self-citation and citation of top journal publishers and their interpretation in the journal-discipline context," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(7), pages 6013-6040, July.
    3. Taşkın, Zehra & Doğan, Güleda & Kulczycki, Emanuel & Zuccala, Alesia Ann, 2021. "Self-Citation Patterns of Journals Indexed in the Journal Citation Reports," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 15(4).
    4. Martin Szomszor & David A. Pendlebury & Jonathan Adams, 2020. "How much is too much? The difference between research influence and self-citation excess," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 123(2), pages 1119-1147, May.
    5. Simoes, Nadia & Crespo, Nuno, 2020. "Self-Citations and scientific evaluation: Leadership, influence, and performance," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 14(1).

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