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[Eugene Garfield]

TITLE:          SELF-ENHANCEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: THE SELF-
                CITATION BIAS (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Brysbaert, M; Smyth, S
SOURCE:         PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA 51 (2). 2011. p.129-137 BELGIAN
                PSYCHOL SOC, LOUVAIN

SEARCH TERM(S):  HIRSCH JE          P NATL ACAD SCI USA   102:16569 2005;
                 CITATION  item_title; CITATION*  item_title;
                 PSYCHOL BELG  source_abbrev_20

KEYWORDS+:       RESEARCH ARTICLES; SCIENCE SYSTEM; IMPACT; JOURNALS

ABSTRACT:       A typical psychology article contains 3 to 9 self-
citations, depending on the length of the reference list (10% of all citations). In contrast, cited colleagues rarely receive more than 3 citations. This is what we call the self-citation bias: the preference researchers have to refer to their own work when they guide readers to the relevant literature. We argue that this finding is difficult to understand within the traditional, science-based view, which says that reference lists are there to help the reader. It is more easily understood within a social view of reference lists which argues that scientists form groups and that reference lists partly reflect well-known phenomena in social psychology and group dynamics. Within this view, the self-citation bias is a self-serving bias motivated by self-enhancement and self-promotion.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Brysbaert, Univ Ghent, Dept Expt Psychol, H Dunantlaan 2,
                B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

 
 

TITLE:          Intellectual assets II - intellectual gravity and
                managing IP in biotechnology firms (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Hine, D; Kapeleris, J
SOURCE:         INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, AN
                INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND CASES.
                2006. p.103-131 EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD, CHELTENHAM

SEARCH TERM(S):  MERTON RK  rauth; ZUCKERMAN H  rauth;
                 MERTON RK          SCIENCE               159:56    1968

KEYWORDS+:       ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; ENTREPRENEURIAL; COLLABORATION;
                PERFORMANCE; SCIENTISTS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE;
                TRANSFORMATION; STRATEGIES

AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Hine, Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia

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