La influencia de las autocitas en el aumento del factor de impacto en revistas de Ciencias Sociales

• Autores: Juan Miguel Campanario Larguero, Antonia Candelario
• Localización: Revista española de documentación científica, ISSN-e 1988-4621, ISSN 0210-0614, Vol. 33, Nº 2, 2010, págs. 185-200
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.3989/redc.2010.2.722
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The infl uence of self citations in the increase of impact factor in Social Sciences journals
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  • español

    En este trabajo se indaga en el efecto de las autocitas en el aumento del factor de impacto en revistas incluidas en el Social Sciences Citation Index entre 1998 y 2007.

    Se estudian dos grupos de revistas: 63 cuyo factor de impacto aumenta después de cuatro descensos sucesivos y 23 revistas cuyo factor de impacto aumenta durante al menos seis años seguidos durante el intervalo estudiado de diez años. La variable fundamental es el porcentaje de autocitas que contribuyen al factor de impacto. En ninguno de los casos se encontró evidencia de que el factor de impacto haya aumentado debido a un uso masivo de las autocitas.

  • English

    In this work we study the effect of journal self citations in the increase of impact factor of journals indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index from 1998 to 2007.

    Two sets of journals are studied: 63 journals in which the impact factor increased after four successive decreases and 23 journals in which the impact factor increased in at least six successive years during the period studied. The main variable is the percentage of journal self citations that contribute to impact factor. No proof was found of widespread manipulation of the impact factor as a result of the high level of use of self citations in journals.

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