Journals that Rise from the Fourth Quartile to the First Quartile in Six Years or Less: Mechanisms of Change and the Role of Journal Self-Citations

Journal self-citations may be increased artificially to inflate a journal’s scientometric indicators. The aim of this study was to identify possible mechanisms of change in a cohort of journals that rose from the fourth (Q4) to the first quartile (Q1) over six years or less in Journal Cita...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
الحاوية / القاعدة:Publications
المؤلف الرئيسي: Juan Miguel Campanario
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/6/4/47