Ph. D., Regional Information Center for Science and Technology
Abstract
Highly cited papers are mostly authored in international collaboration. It is expected that co-authored papers bring more citations. On the other hand, it is inevitable that a part of citations is self-citation. This study investigates 134 and 236 highly cited papers in Iran and Turkey, respectively, to determine the extent to which highly cited papers are affected by author self-citation. A comparison accross subject disciplines shows that highly cited papers in Clinical Medicine ( in Turky) and Physics (in Iran) received more citations than others while Engineering stands at the top position based on author self-citation counts in both countries. There is a significant relashionship between Iranian nationally co-authored papers and author self-citation. But it is not true of Turkish researchers. This indicates that Iranian contributors have more tendency toward author self-citation than Turkish researchers. Consequently, the influence of author self-citation on highly cited papers is to some extent a matter of citation behavior.
Ghane,M. R. (2011). To What Extent Are Highly Cited Papers Influenced by Author Self-citation? A Comparison between Iran and Turkey. International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 9(1), 33-46.
MLA
Ghane,M. R. . "To What Extent Are Highly Cited Papers Influenced by Author Self-citation? A Comparison between Iran and Turkey", International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 9, 1, 2011, 33-46.
HARVARD
Ghane M. R. (2011). 'To What Extent Are Highly Cited Papers Influenced by Author Self-citation? A Comparison between Iran and Turkey', International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 9(1), pp. 33-46.
CHICAGO
M. R. Ghane, "To What Extent Are Highly Cited Papers Influenced by Author Self-citation? A Comparison between Iran and Turkey," International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 9 1 (2011): 33-46,
VANCOUVER
Ghane M. R. To What Extent Are Highly Cited Papers Influenced by Author Self-citation? A Comparison between Iran and Turkey. IJISM, 2011; 9(1): 33-46.
