Current self-citation rates

[Loet Leydesdorff]

Dear Terry, 

Using JCR 2012, I obtain 3,248,968 self-citations on a total of 37,759,948
citations. 
("All others" excluded.)

Best,
Loet


Loet Leydesdorff 
Professor Emeritus, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR)
loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ 
Honorary Professor, SPRU, University of Sussex; 
Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC,
Beijing;
Visiting Professor, Birkbeck, University of London; 
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en  



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Group,

What is the current estimated self-citation rate?  I have found an older
article that put estimated self-citation rates at 30% or above.

Seglen PO.  Citation rates and journal impact factors are not suitable for
evaluation of research.  Acta Orthop Scand 1998; 69 (3): 224 - 229.

To support this, it references:

Moed HF, Burger WJM, Frankfort JG, Van Raan AFJ.
On the Measurement of Research Performance: The Use of Bibliometric
Indicators. Leiden, Science Studies Unit, LISBON-Institute, University of
Leiden; 1987:l-199.