Guilera, G; Gomez-Benito, J; Hidalgo, MD. 2010. Citation analysis in research on differential item functioning. QUALITY & QUANTITY 44 (6): 1249-12

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Guilera, G; Gomez-Benito, J; Hidalgo, MD. 2010. Citation analysis in research on 
differential item functioning. QUALITY & QUANTITY 44 (6): 1249-1255..

Author Full Name(s): Guilera, Georgina; Gomez-Benito, Juana; Dolores Hidalgo, 
M.
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Bibliometrics; Differential item functioning; Citation analysis; 
Self-citation
KeyWords Plus: AUTHOR SELF-CITATIONS; COMMUNICATION

Abstract: This paper offers a first approach to the study of citing behaviour in 
the literature on differential item functioning (DIF) and provides new information 
about the main characteristics that define that behaviour. With a focus on 
articles listed in the Web of Science for the period 1975-2000, the present 
research considers the number of self-citations included in each paper with 
respect to other bibliometric indicators such as year of publication, the number 
of signatories to a paper, author's country of origin and the journal in which it 
was published. In general terms it can be concluded that in studies of DIF the 
mean percentage of self-citations is around 11%, this figure remaining stable 
over time; there is a positive correlation between the number of signatories to 
an article and the number of self-citations. This paper has offered a first 
approach to the study of citing behaviour in the literature on DIF.

Addresses: [Guilera, Georgina; Gomez-Benito, Juana] Univ Barcelona, Dept 
Metodol Ciencies Comportament, Fac Psicol, Barcelona 08035, Spain; [Dolores 
Hidalgo, M.] Univ Murcia, Dept Psicol Basica & Metodol, Fac Psicol, E-30100 
Murcia, Spain

Reprint Address: Guilera, G, Univ Barcelona, Dept Metodol Ciencies 
Comportament, Fac Psicol, Passeig Vall Hebron 171, Barcelona 08035, Spain.

E-mail Address: gguilera at ub.edu
ISSN: 0033-5177
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9274-3
fulltext: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v827v66x3t827w15/