self-citations

[Stevan Harnad]

I'm not surprised that self-citations journal self-citations are too weak
to have much effect on the journal impact factor, but I'll bet author
self-citations have a somewhat bigger effect on author (or article) citation
counts. (Tim Brody is doing the OA/non-OA citation stats both ways: with and
without (author) self-citations, just to be sure. Good to know we need not
bother doing a control on journal self-citations.  Chrs, S

 On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Colin Steele wrote:

> http://www.thomson.com/common/view_news_release.jsp?body_include=press_room/news_releases/scientific_healthcare_mg/Study_Reveals_Weak_Impact_Factor_of_Self_Citations&section=corp&secondary=pr_market_group&tertiary=scientific&subsection=pressroom&title=New_Thomson_Study_Reveals_Weak_Correlation_Between_Self-Citations_and_Impact_Factor
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