introduction: self-citation is considered as one of the greatest shortcomings of citation analysis. although self-citation is natural for journals, its excessive use would eliminate the journal from evaluations made by databases. this study examined the rate of self-citation of iranian scientific medical journals in english indexed in scopus citation index during 2005-2009. methods: this descri...

since reference practices influence journal impact factor (jif), author self- citation (asc), number of times an author cites herself / himself, and journal self-citation (jsc), number of times the journal cites itself, as a portion of total citations should be considered in citation analysis. isi provides quantitative indicators for publications in english language. therefore, those scientific...

journal performance metrics are designed to help users know the best journals in different scientific fields. in this article, some journals indexed in isc database are compared using scopus and isc performance indicators. the scopus journal analyzer uses snip and sjr as alternatives for if which consider citation analysis differently. new performance indicators consider differences in citation...

background and objectives:regarding the important role and position of journals in presentation of the most up-to-date scholarly information, the scientific and meticulous evaluation of such sources is very essential. te present research was carried out to determine the citation status in the articles of the journal of qom university of medical sciences. methods:this research, as a descriptive-...