Publication integrity in orthopaedic journals: the self-citation in orthopaedic research (SCOR) threshold

Sundaram, Kavin; Warren, Jared A.; Anis, Hiba K.; Klika, Alison K.

doi:10.1007/s00590-019-02616-y

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“…The relatively low country SCR for specialties in Saudi Arabia and the fact that there was no significant difference between the country's total cites and the net total cites world rankings indicate that self-citation among medical specialties in Saudi Arabia has minimal impact on its total cites world ranking. Hence, our findings do not support the argument for eliminating or modifying the use of self-citation in the citation-based metrics, which were suggested by others [3,5].…”

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“…Additionally, the discrepancy in the rates between various reports could be attributed to the differences in duration of the study period, the specialties covered, the data sources, and the inclusion criteria. Author and journal SCR are reported to have lower rates (range: 2.2-10%) [4,5,15,16] and have been on the decline in recent years [17,18]. On the other hand, country SCR has been on the rise in many nations [8,19].…”

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“…Our analysis showed that non-clinical specialties had a significantly higher country SCR compared to clinical specialties (15.3% vs. 9.6%). In the literature, a higher SCR is found in basic sciences compared to clinical research [20], in specialty journals compared to general ones [3,5,18], in original articles compared to reviews and case reports [16], and in studies with smaller sample size [4].…”

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“…Self-citation rate (SCR) can be measured for authors, journals, specialties, institutions, and countries. The literature on self-citation has been growing in recent years; however, it remains primarily author-and journal-focused [4,5]. A discrepancy in the SCR among the various scientific specialties and a higher SCR in multidisciplinary fields have been reported by some studies [6,7].…”

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The Impact of Country Self-Citation Rate Among Medical Specialties in Saudi Arabia

Bardeesi¹,

Jamjoom²,

Algahtani³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of country self-citation rate (SCR) among medical specialties in Saudi Arabia, and to assess the impact of self-citations on the country's total cites world ranking in different specialties. MethodsSCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) was used to collect data related to all medical specialties in Saudi Arabia for the period 1996-2019. The country SCR for the specialties was correlated with several bibliometric parameters and examined statistically. The specialties that showed a drop in Saudi Arabia's total cites world ranking following the exclusion of self-citations were identified. ResultsThe median country SCR for 46 specialties in Saudi Arabia was 9.5% (range: 4.6-23.1%). The two specialties with the highest country SCR were Public Health (23.1%) and Family Practice (22.9%). Country SCR was significantly higher in the non-clinical specialties compared to clinical specialties (15.3% vs. 9.6%). It did not correlate significantly with any of the examined productivity indices. The exclusion of self-citations resulted in a drop in Saudi Arabia's total cites world ranking in six (13%) specialties only. There was no significant difference between the country's total cites and net total cites world rankings in the specialties. ConclusionsSelf-citation may be appropriate and signify an expansion of the authors' previous work. Country SCR in medical specialties in Saudi Arabia is relatively low and not affected by total documents and total cites. Non-clinical specialties tend to self-cite more. The exclusion of self-citations had minimal effect on Saudi Arabia's total cites world ranking, indicating that country SCR in the specialties is unlikely to impact its international scientific standing. Our findings do not support the argument for eliminating self-citation from citation-based metrics. We believe that more collaborative and global research practices should be encouraged.

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“…[3][4][5] In this difficult decision-making, the impact factor (IF) of the journal has been one of the most widely used factors to evaluate its quality, importance, and penetration in the academic environment. 6,7 The IF is calculated by dividing the number of citations of a journal in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) in one year by the total number of articles published in the same discipline in the journal evaluated in the previous two years. 8 Some authors have suggested the choice of scientific journals owned by an association of health professionals or publications that allow free access to the reader, potentially increasing the visibility of the study.…”

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Os Autores brasileiros não citam os autores brasileiros: Nada mudou desde 1994

Giordano

Lyra

Bonadiman

et al. 2021

Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)

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Resumo Objetivo Observar o perfil de autocitações da Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (Rev Bras Ortop) e de citações deste periódico em outras revistas médicas de ortopedia de conteúdo geral ou específico de uma determinada área de conhecimento da especialidade. Métodos Trata-se de estudo observacional transversal da frequência de autocitações e citações da Rev Bras Ortop em outros cinco periódicos médicos de ortopedia de diferentes países, todas publicadas em língua inglesa. Foram analisados os 15 últimos artigos publicados em 2020 em cada uma das seis revistas estudadas. As referências usadas em cada um delas foi avaliada para identificação do periódico em que foram publicadas originalmente. A distribuição de frequência dos quatro principais periódicos citados, sua posição e o percentual relativo ao total de citações foram observados e registrados em cada uma das seis revistas. O número de vezes em que a Rev Bras Ortop foi citada em cada um dos periódicos estrangeiros selecionados foi avaliado por meio de suas frequências absoluta e relativa. Resultados O total de citações avaliadas neste estudo foi de 2527 (variando de 386 a 486 por revista). A Rev Bras Ortop apresentou baixa taxa de autocitação (2,6%), sendo citada na própria revista na sexta posição (10 de um total de 386 referências). No período estudado, a Rev Bras Ortop não foi citada em nenhum dos outros cinco periódicos médicos incluídos no estudo (frequência absoluta 0, frequência relativa 0). Conclusão Observou-se que a Rev Bras Ortop apresenta baixa referência de si própria, com taxa de autocitação de 2,6% no período estudado, mostrando que de fato o ortopedista brasileiro não cita o ortopedista brasileiro que publica na revista. Sugerimos a elaboração e a implementação de estratégias fortes de melhora da visibilidade do periódico no cenário acadêmico-científico mundial. Além disso, é fundamental que os ortopedistas brasileiros entendam esta realidade e auxiliem direta e efetivamente em sua mudança.

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Role taxonomy of green and sustainable science and technology journals: exportation, importation, specialization and interdisciplinarity

2021

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Sustainability science is, per se, a topic that is inherently interdisciplinarity and oriented towards the resolution of societal problems. In this paper, we propose a classification of scientific journals that composes the journal category “Green and Sustainable Science and Technology” in the period 2014–2018 through the entropy-based disciplinarity indicator (EBDI). This indicator allows the classification of scientific journals in four types based on the citing and cited dimensions: knowledge importer, knowledge exporter, disciplinary and interdisciplinarity. Moreover, the relationship between this taxonomy and the JCR bibliometric indicators and its predictive capacity of the taxonomy is explored through a CHAID tree. As well, relations between the Web of Science categories, journals and taxonomy are explored by the co-occurrence of categories and correspondence analysis. Results suggest that the great majority of journals in this field are specialized or interdisciplinary. However, over the 5-year period proposed in this study, interdisciplinary journals tend to be far more stable than specialized ones. The decision tree has shown that the number of citations is the variable with the greatest discriminating capacity.

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Publication integrity in orthopaedic journals: the self-citation in orthopaedic research (SCOR) threshold

Cited by 10 publications

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The Impact of Country Self-Citation Rate Among Medical Specialties in Saudi Arabia

The Impact of Country Self-Citation Rate Among Medical Specialties in Saudi Arabia

Os Autores brasileiros não citam os autores brasileiros: Nada mudou desde 1994

Role taxonomy of green and sustainable science and technology journals: exportation, importation, specialization and interdisciplinarity

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