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- Title
ON CITATION ETHICS: EDITORIAL SHENANIGANS TO BOOST IMPACT FACTOR.
- Authors
LĂZĂROIU, GEORGE
- Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the dissemination of scientific information, manipulation of bibliometrical parameters, journal citations as a valid measure of scientific research output, and the journal impact factor as a means of quantifying the interest created by journals. The analysis presented in this paper contributes to research on editors' incentive to inflate impact factors through self-citation, the practice of coercive self-citation, the deleterious effects of impact factor manipulation, the dependence of the author on the editor's decision for publication, and the limitations of citation measures.
- Subjects
IMPACT factor (Citation analysis); BIBLIOMETRICS; PERIODICAL editors; RESEARCH; PERIODICAL publishing
- Publication
Contemporary Readings in Law & Social Justice, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
1948-9137
- Publication type
Article