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Author self-citation policies, the influence on journals’ impact factors, and self-citation rate in general surgery

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Abbreviations

A‑SC:

Author self-citation

IF:

Impact factor

J‑SC:

Journal self-citation

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, A.O.U., “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele” University Hospital, via S. Sofia 78, 95100, Catania, Italy

    Filippo Sanfilippo & Marinella Astuto

  2. School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital “G. Rodolico”, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Marinella Astuto & Stefano Tigano

  3. Anestesia e Rianimazione, Humanitas Istituto Clinico Catanese, Catania, Italy

    Valeria La Rosa

  4. School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, “Magna Graecia” University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Alberto Morgana

  5. Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialty, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Antonio Zanghì & Alessandro Cappellani

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Contributions

MA, FS, AZ, and AC had the idea to investigate self-citations; FS, ST, VLR, and AM downloaded the data; MA and AC performed cross-checks; MA, FS, AM, VLR, and AC analyzed the journal self-citation rate for each journal; FS, AZ, AM, and ST conducted the statistical analysis comparing journals according to policies, and the following according to their multidisciplinary, broad, or narrow interest in the discipline; MA, FS, AZ, and AC interpreted the data; MA and FS wrote the initial draft; ST, VLR, AM, AZ, AC critically revised the draft; all authors agreed on the final version of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Filippo Sanfilippo.

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F. Sanfilippo, M. Astuto, S. Tigano, V. La Rosa, A. Morgana, A. Zanghì, and A. Cappellani declare that they have no competing interests.

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Sanfilippo, F., Astuto, M., Tigano, S. et al. Author self-citation policies, the influence on journals’ impact factors, and self-citation rate in general surgery. Eur Surg 53, 329–334 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-021-00732-w

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