The self-cited rate of scientific journals and the manipulation of their impact factors

Guang Yu () and Liang Wang
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Guang Yu: Harbin Institute of Technology
Liang Wang: Harbin Institute of Technology

Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 73, issue 3, No 6, 330 pages

Abstract: Abstract Owing to some discussions about manipulating impact factor by requesting authors to increase their citations to the publication journal, we theoretically establish a mathematical expression of a relation between the journal self-citation rate and its impact factor by the single-factor method in this paper. Based on self-citation data of some journals in JCR and the observed relation between journal impact factor and the self-cited rate, we analyze the possibility that journal editors manipulate impact factors of their journals by raising the self-cited rate. Finally, we make some suggestions for supervising this crude way of active manipulating the impact factor.

Date: 2007
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