From excessive journal self-cites to citation stacking: Analysis of journal self-citation kinetics in search for journals, which boost their scientometric indicators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Heneberg, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CALCULATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KINETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSICS; PUBLISHING; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84979037356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153730     Document Type: Article

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