Self-citations in Annals of Library and Information Studies

Authors

Gurjeet Kaur Rattan, Punjabi University PatialaFollow

Date of this Version

6-2013

Document Type

Article

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Abstract

The present study has been carried out on the extent of self-citations in Annals of Library and Information Studies during the period of 2002-2012. The results indicate that 53.72% of the articles contain self-citations. Out of total 5261 citations, the 636 (12.08%) citations are self-citations. Frequency of self-citations per article ranges from one to forty three. Almost 1/5^th authors have cited themselves. Most of the citations appear in the present title of the journal. The most self-citing author is V. L. Kalyane from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.