Department of Information and Library Science, Tamkang University Full-Time Faculty

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TitleProbing the effect of author self-citations on h index: A case study of environmental engineering

Year100

Semester1

Publish Date2011/10/01

Journal NameProbing the effect of author self-citations on h index: A case study of environmental engineering

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All AuthorHuang, Mu-Hsuan; Lin, Wen-Yau Cathy

Unit淡江大學資訊與圖書館學系

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VolumeJournal of Information Science 37(5), p.453-461

SummaryThis study evaluates the impact of author self-citations on h index by exploring 583 authors whose works appear in key periodicals in environmental engineering. The findings show that authors’ h values have high correlation with authors’ article number, total cited count, and their rankings. There is also a high correlation with h index values and rankings of h values. The study indicates that selfcitations have little impact on the values of h index and the h index rankings, whether or not articles with authors’ self-citation are included. Further investigations reveal that, for authors with high values in h index, the two h index values are both highly correlated and with significant difference either with self-citations or without. A similar pattern is seen in authors with low h values. The results suggest that there is no need to deliberately exclude self-citations in analysing or evaluating research performance in environmental engineering.

Keywordcitation analysis;author self-citation;h index;authorship;environmental engineering

Use LangEnglish

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Journalnature國外

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CorrespondingAuthorHuang, Mu-Hsuan

Reviewsystem否

Country英國

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