Trends in Self-citation Rates in High-impact Neurology, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry Journals
Matthew Rosenblatt, Saloni Mehta, Hannah Peterson, Javid Dadashkarimi, Raimundo X. Rodriguez, Maya L. Foster, Brendan D. Adkinson, Qinghao Liang, Violet M Kimble, Jean Ye, Marie C McCusker, Michael C. Farruggia, Max J. Rolison, Margaret L. Westwater, Rongtao Jiang, , Dustin Scheinost
This study analyzes self-citation rates across 100,347 articles from 63 neuroscience journals between 2000-2020, revealing trends in self-citation by author position, country, gender, and field.
eLife · May 14, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience