[Sigmetrics] "Men have a greater tendency to cite themselves, study says"

[obinnaojemeni at yahoo.com]

Most disciplines are usually male-dominated, so it is believed that most publications will be predominantly authored by Male authors. They are most likely to cite literature produced by their fellow male authors, since females are not properly represented in some disciplines. It would be interesting to investigate such trend using a discipline dominated by females (e.g. Nursing, Education etc) in order to identify their citation behaviour.

Obinna 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester <de_Ghloucester at openmailbox.org>
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:54:38 
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Subject: [Sigmetrics] "Men have a greater tendency to cite themselves,
	study says"

Dear researchers:

You might be interested to read "Men have a greater tendency to cite
themselves, study says" (
  HTTP://ScienceCareers.ScienceMag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2015_09_03/caredit.a1500217 
) by Beryl Lieff Benderly about Molly King et al., "Men set their own
cites high: Gender and self-citation across fields and over
time". This webpage hyperlinks to
  HTTPS://Docs.Google.com/a/mollymking.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bW9sbHlta2luZy5jb218d3d3fGd4OjdhZTNmMTczNWYwNjAxNTQ

Regards,
Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester
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