Charles Moxley (charly11)
THE CONCEPT OF CITATION INDEX
The demand for an author and his work in the international arena is determined by the citation index. This litmus test. serves as an indicator of demand and quality, relevance, and perspective. In itself, a published scientific work is a test of one's pen. If there is interest in it, that is, the material is cited, we can talk about quality.
The citation index is the well-known Scopus, WoS, and other scientometric databases as the main source of information according to citation index is a quantitative scientometric indicator. That is, in the first case, value, in the second, quantity.
The citation is designed for aspects such as: 1)analytics, 2)processing of bibliographic data, 3)assessment of relevance, popularity, 4)significance, coverage. For example, there is a specifically published article. The citation index shows which works the publication cites itself and in which scientific works it is cited. There is one aspect - self-citation and co-authorship materials are not counted.
The value of the Hirsch index
The H-index is the most popular, universal, and accurate citation index. It is used by many sites around the world and is the most accurate (as much as possible) reflection of productivity and relevance. With its help it is possible to calculate any number of publications, including by the criterion of a complex of articles, proceeding from concrete periodicals or being oriented to separate authors. The index reflects the data for a specific time interval, most often three years.
The formula for calculating the Hirsch index is quite simple and is performed automatically by databases on the basis of the information provided by the author. Example of calculation. The author has published 5 articles. The first one was cited 5 times, the second 4 times, the third 3 times.Given the data on the first and second article, the author has two publications with at least four citations. The third paper has three citations, which means that there are already three papers with at least three citations each. This means that the Hirsch index of this author is 3.
Impact Factor Value
The impact factor is the most popular and effective indicator for evaluating a journal by the criteria of its authority and popularity. Impact factors are used to compare characteristics and derive an objective, averaged value. The value of the impact factor is directly predetermined by the field of research. There are no constant values for many fields. For example, mathematical and humanities periodicals are in most cases inferior to medical journals in terms of statistical data. The impact factor is one of the main criteria when choosing a journal for publication. The index is characterized by simplicity and clarity. The information about it is public. The number of journals to calculate the index has already reached 8,000 titles, which is a record.
The concept and meaning of self-citation The scientific format of the work allows for self-citation. This is the author's insertion of fragments of his or her own published scientific work into the study. This is a direct way to artificially increase the citation index, used in relation to a specific scientometric database.
In other words, since, for example, the author's articles have been previously published in Scopus, why let it go to waste. You can refer to yourself. However, there are clear restrictions on the use of such a tool. The total number of pages for self-citation in a monograph or article should not exceed 30%.
Self-citation is appropriate, if the new work complements, expands, continues the previous one, opens new facets and aspects. At the same time, if not to make citations and not to make references, you get self-plagiarism. This is a fundamentally negative phenomenon for the author.
