Self-citation policies and journal self-citation rate among Critical Care Medicine journals

ConclusionsA limited number of CCM journals have policies for limiting A-SC, and these have higher IF. The J-SC rate among CCM journals is highly variable and higher in “topic-specific” interest CCM journals. Excluding self-referencing practice from scientific metrics calculation could be valuable to tackle this scientific malpractice.
Source: Journal of Intensive Care - Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research