The total number of publications and/or the share of total publications in a given quartile,
usually first quartile (Q1), is increasingly used in performance-based funding of public …

Background Research productivity plays a significant role in academic promotions.
Currently, various bibliometric measures utilizing citation counts are used to judge an …

Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the evolution of journal self-citation
rates (SCRs) and impact factors (IFs) over time in the dental journals. Materials and Methods …

Background: Journal ranking based on the impact factor (IF) can be distorted by self-citation.
The aim of this study is to investigate the present status of self-citation in the plastic surgery …

Background A scientific publication is a mirror that defines the image of a researcher in his
academic and professional world. Neurosurgery and Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) are the …

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 …

Objective To assess the magnitude of self-citation among a cohort of academic hand
surgeons and estimate the effect of self-citation on the Hirsch index (h-index). Design Cross …

Background Concerns have been raised regarding the impact factor's (IF) accuracy and
credibility, which may be affected by different factors, including self‐citations. Objective To …

Purpose Quantitative measures of research productivity depend on the citation frequency of
a publication. Citation-based metrics, such as the h-index (total number of publications h that …

Purpose: To analyze the self-citation rate (SCR) of ophthalmology journals, determine its
possible effect on a journal's impact factor (IF) and compare the SCR of subspecialty …