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Journal self-citations—Analysing the JIF mechanism |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Management, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China;2. Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;3. Key Laboratory of Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;4. Bureau of Planning, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing 100085, China;1. Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Ospedale Colonnello D''Avanzo, Viale degli Aviatori 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy;2. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the mechanism of the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). Although created as a journal selection tool the indicator is probably the central quantitative indicator for measuring journal quality. The focus is journal self-citations as the treatment of these in analyses and evaluations is highly disputed. The role of self-citations (both self-citing rate and self-cited rate) is investigated on a larger scale in this analysis in order to achieve statistical reliable material that can further qualify that discussion. Some of the hypotheses concerning journal self-citations are supported by the results and some are not. |
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