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- Title
COLLEGIALITY OF JOURNALS AND SELF-CITATIONS ON ANNUAL BIBLIOMETRIC SCORINGS: A STUDY ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING JOURNALS.
- Authors
Abdiel Foo, Jong Yong
- Abstract
Bibliometric scorings such as journal impact factor (JIF) are increasingly valued as an assessment tool for reviewing the scientific merits of research. Studies have suggested that self-citations and collegiality as a journal group are used as publication tactics to improve the journal's bibliometric scorings. Twelve journals were selected from the subject category of electrical and electronic engineering in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of the Thomson Scientific. These journals were sub-divided into 3 groups of four; the first 2 groups were collegiate to international professional organizations while the third group was single journals. Bibliometric data of these journals were extracted from the JCR listing and Web of Science database from the year 2003 to 2007. The trend of JIF values, citations counts, journal self-citations, total articles, and citable articles were derived and examined. With the base year of 2003, the association between the JIF values and the other bibliometric data was assessed using single linear regression analysis. The results indicated that relative changes in JIF values were related to these bibliometric data in various manner; total articles (R²≥0.874), citations counts (R²≥0.570), self-citations (R²≥0.399) and citable articles (R²≥0.228). The effects of collegiality and self-citations on the journal's bibliometric scorings were then discussed.
- Publication
International Journal of Ethics, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
1556-4444
- Publication type
Academic Journal