Evaluation of Self-Citation of Iranian Scientific Medical Journals Indexed in Scopus Citation Index

Introduction: Self-citation is considered as one of the greatest shortcomings of citation analysis. Although self-citation is natural for journals, its excessive use would eliminate the journal from evaluations made by databases. This study examined the rate of self-citation of Iranian scientific me...

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Main Authors: Hiwa Abdekhoda, Alireza Noruzi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Vesnu Publications 2011-12-01
Series:مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت
Online Access:http://him.mui.ac.ir/index.php/him/article/view/411