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Publication:Couto09b
Abstract The increasing use of citation impact inde The increasing use of citation impact indexes for evaluation and comparison not only of individual researchers but also of institutions, universities and even countries has prompted the development of new citation metrics. Currently, the number of publications and citations is widely accepted as an easy and balanced way to compare scientists. Calculation of such statistics depends on the availability of a comprehensive database of publications and their citations. Google Scholar aims at providing such a service and is currently the most widely used freely available search engine for scientific and academic literature. However, the citations generally used to calculate citation statistics include self-citations, which deviates from the intention of using citations as a reflection of research impact. To the best of our knowledge, there are no available tools for calculating citation statistics that account for self-citations. We present a web-based service CIDS (Citation Impact Discerning Self-citations), that takes into account self-citations. An assessment of CIDS in a research team has shown that both the number of citations and the h-index is sensitive to self-citations at the individual level, the h-index increasing 24% on average when considering them. However, self-citation is highly variable among individuals and its contribution highly variable. We conclude that at the individual and research unit level, self-citations are not dismissible when calculating citation statistics. Even the h-index is influenced by self-citation and comparing individuals without taking them in account can produce misleading results. CIDS is available at: http://xldb.fc.ul.pt/tools/cids/. able at: http://xldb.fc.ul.pt/tools/cids/.
Author Francisco M. Couto + , Tiago Grego + , Catia Pesquita + , Paulo Verissimo +
Journal International Journal of Scientometrics, Informetrics and Bibliometrics  +
Key Couto09b  +
Missing ResearchLine  +
Month dec  +
NumPubDate 2,009.12  +
Title Handling self-citations using Google Scholar  +
Type article  +
Url http://www.navigators.di.fc.ul.pt/archive/papers/paper_.pdf  +
Volume 13  +
Year 2009  +
Categories Publication  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 14 January 2013 17:00:19  +
NumberThis property is a special property in this wiki. 2  +
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