Is it Ethical for Journals to Request Self-citation?

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Author list: Mahian O., Wongwises S.

Publisher: Springer

Publication year: 2014

Journal: Science and Engineering Ethics (1353-3452)

Volume number: 21

Issue number: 2

Start page: 531

End page: 533

Number of pages: 3

ISSN: 1353-3452

eISSN: 1471-5546

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929939529&doi=10.1007%2fs11948-014-9540-1&partnerID=40&md5=b8c479ece72e97f56bce20d804814765

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

By following the recently published paper in Science titled “Coercive Citation in Academic Publishing”, in this paper, we aim to discuss the demand of some journals that request authors to cite recently published papers in that journal to increase the impact factor of that journal. It will be mentioned that some of these demands are not ethical and consequently will diminish the reputation of the journal. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

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Citation, Ethical, Impact factor, Journal, Reputation