Are journal and author self-citations a visibility strategy?

Francisco González-Sala (), Julia Osca-Lluch and Julia Haba-Osca
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Francisco González-Sala: Universidad de Valencia
Julia Osca-Lluch: Instituto de Gestión e Innovación del Conocimiento INGENIO
Julia Haba-Osca: Universidad de Valencia

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 119, issue 3, No 3, 1345-1364

Abstract: Abstract This study is aimed at analysing self-citation as a strategy used by journals and authors regarding first citations in of Latin-American psychology journals between 2012 and 2016. A total of 8977 citations received were analysed for a total of 2403 papers published in the 19 Latin-American psychology journals collected in the 2016 WoS (included in the 2015 JCR edition). The results indicate that there is an effect of the first self-citations on the number of citations, the journal self-citations and the author’s. It is observed that the journal self-citations and first journal self-citations are more important for the journals located in first quartiles, versus author’s self-citations. The importance of the type of self-citation differs between some publications and others, being the journal self-citations those that greater differences present between journals throughout the period studied. The self-consumption of information, according to the number of articles with self-citations, varies between the journals, ranging between 88.8 and 55.8%. It can be concluded that self-citations and first self-citations play an important role in the citation of the works and in the increase of their visibility.

Keywords: Psychology journals; Web of Science; Citation analysis; Self-citation; Citation strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03101-3

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