Paper Info
Title
Institutional self-citation rates: A three year study of universities in the United States
Abstract
Using Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) data, this paper calculated institutional self citations rates (ISCRs) for 96 of the top research universities in the United States from 2005–2007. Exhibiting similar temporal patterns of author and journal self-citations, the ISCR was 29% in the first year post-publication, and decreased significantly in the second year post-publication (19%). Modeling the data via power laws revealed total publications and citations did not correlate with the ISCR, but did correlate highly with ISCs. California Institute of Technology exhibited the highest ISCR at 31%. Academic and cultural factors are discussed in relation to ISCRs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/s11192-008-2160-2
Scientometrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Citation Rate,Journal Impact Factor,Bibliometric Indicator,Similar Temporal Pattern,Bibliometric Measure
Data mining,Computer science,Information science,Self citation,Citation analysis,Bibliometrics,Mathematics education,Library science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
81
2
0138-9130
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.60
20
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dean Hendrix1365.85