Self-Citation Patterns of Journals Indexed in the Journal Citation Reports
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Highlights：
• Except for a very few high-impact journals, almost all journals’ impact factor rankings change when self-citations are excluded from the calculation.
• Self-citations are important for non-English speaking academic communities.
• Not all journals are equal, and so it is quite problematic to assess them using one formula.
• It is important for policymakers to understand the underlying problems related to the impact factor calculation.
摘要
•Except for a very few high-impact journals, almost all journals’ impact factor rankings change when self-citations are excluded from the calculation.•Self-citations are important for non-English speaking academic communities.•Not all journals are equal, and so it is quite problematic to assess them using one formula.•It is important for policymakers to understand the underlying problems related to the impact factor calculation.
论文关键词：Journal self-citation,journal impact factor,self-citation patterns of journals,impact factor manipulation
论文评审过程：Received 26 March 2021, Revised 4 October 2021, Accepted 18 October 2021, Available online 30 October 2021, Version of Record 30 October 2021.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101221
