Self-citation rate and impact factor in pediatrics

Michael Mimouni (), Motti Ratmansky (), Yaron Sacher (), Sharon Aharoni () and Aviva Mimouni-Bloch ()
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Michael Mimouni: Rambam Health Care Campus
Motti Ratmansky: Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital
Yaron Sacher: Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital
Sharon Aharoni: Tel-Aviv University
Aviva Mimouni-Bloch: Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 108, issue 3, No 25, 1455-1460

Abstract: Abstract A journal’s impact factor (IF) may be boosted by increasing self-citations. We aimed to determine the self-citation rate (SCR) of pediatric journals registered in the Journal Citations Report (JCR), to evaluate the impact of SCR upon the IF and to determine the effect of the SCR of a journal on its IF. We found 117 journals categorized as pediatric journals by the JCR (as of 2013). The median and range of SCR, IF and corrected IF (IF without self-citations) were 9 % (0–30 %), 1.54 (0–6.35) and 1.37 (0–5.87) respectively. No differences were found between general and subspecialty journals in terms of SCR, IF or corrected IF. Spearman’s ranked correlation showed that IF was significantly and inversely correlated with SCR (r = −0.28, P = 0.002; R 2 = 0.08). There was a significant difference between IF and corrected IF among all journals (1.74 ± 1.04 vs 1.59 ± 0.98, P

Keywords: Impact factor; Self-citation; Self-citation rate; Pediatrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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