Is relevant self-citation an effective way to promote your work?
This question was inspired by the confusing headline (now edited) for
How should I respond to a reviewer's complaint about self-citation?
Does self-citation actually promote your previous publications?
We have questions about inappropriate self-citation, but what about self-citation that is relevant? Does it bring attention to research?
citations self-promotion
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
add a comment |
This question was inspired by the confusing headline (now edited) for
How should I respond to a reviewer's complaint about self-citation?
Does self-citation actually promote your previous publications?
We have questions about inappropriate self-citation, but what about self-citation that is relevant? Does it bring attention to research?
citations self-promotion
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago
add a comment |
This question was inspired by the confusing headline (now edited) for
How should I respond to a reviewer's complaint about self-citation?
Does self-citation actually promote your previous publications?
We have questions about inappropriate self-citation, but what about self-citation that is relevant? Does it bring attention to research?
citations self-promotion
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
This question was inspired by the confusing headline (now edited) for
How should I respond to a reviewer's complaint about self-citation?
Does self-citation actually promote your previous publications?
We have questions about inappropriate self-citation, but what about self-citation that is relevant? Does it bring attention to research?
citations self-promotion
citations self-promotion
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
edited yesterday
corey979
3,91551932
3,91551932
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
asked yesterday
Anonymous PhysicistAnonymous Physicist
18.8k63878
18.8k63878
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago
add a comment |
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
The answer might depend on how you define "effective promotion", but there is scientometric research concluding that self-citation leads to more citations - crucially including more citations by others. Instead of a comprehensive literature survey (which I'm ill-equipped to write), I'll just refer you to one of the more important papers on the topic as an inroad to the field.
Studying citations to Norwegian scientists, Fowler and Aksnes: "Does self-citation pay?", Scientometrics 72, 427-437 (2007) found (non-paywalled version)
that the more one cites oneself the more one is cited by other scholars. Controlling for numerous sources of variation in cumulative citations from others, our models suggest that each additional self-citation increases the number of citations from others by about one after one year, and by about three after five years. Moreover, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self-citers — the effect of self-citation remains positive even for very high rates of self-citation.
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
add a comment |
Citing your own work that doesn't contribute to the current work should be seen as wrong. That is improper self promotion. Citations, whether of yourself or others should be done to support the arguments of the current paper.
Citing things not relevant is a disservice to readers.
Use citation for the purpose for which it was created: allow the reader to follow arguments back to their source.
The exception would be a survey paper in which you are simply gathering the important documents of some subfield. But for a paper that hopes to advance scientific knowledge, leave out the things not relevant to the conclusions. You cite yourself in such work so as to avoid self-plagiarism.
Needing to "promote" your own work also seems a bit odd to me. If the work is good, it doesn't need promotion. The work should stand on its own. Or not. Spend your efforts on doing good work, not on advertising it.
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "415"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2facademia.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f122614%2fis-relevant-self-citation-an-effective-way-to-promote-your-work%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
The answer might depend on how you define "effective promotion", but there is scientometric research concluding that self-citation leads to more citations - crucially including more citations by others. Instead of a comprehensive literature survey (which I'm ill-equipped to write), I'll just refer you to one of the more important papers on the topic as an inroad to the field.
Studying citations to Norwegian scientists, Fowler and Aksnes: "Does self-citation pay?", Scientometrics 72, 427-437 (2007) found (non-paywalled version)
that the more one cites oneself the more one is cited by other scholars. Controlling for numerous sources of variation in cumulative citations from others, our models suggest that each additional self-citation increases the number of citations from others by about one after one year, and by about three after five years. Moreover, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self-citers — the effect of self-citation remains positive even for very high rates of self-citation.
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
add a comment |
The answer might depend on how you define "effective promotion", but there is scientometric research concluding that self-citation leads to more citations - crucially including more citations by others. Instead of a comprehensive literature survey (which I'm ill-equipped to write), I'll just refer you to one of the more important papers on the topic as an inroad to the field.
Studying citations to Norwegian scientists, Fowler and Aksnes: "Does self-citation pay?", Scientometrics 72, 427-437 (2007) found (non-paywalled version)
that the more one cites oneself the more one is cited by other scholars. Controlling for numerous sources of variation in cumulative citations from others, our models suggest that each additional self-citation increases the number of citations from others by about one after one year, and by about three after five years. Moreover, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self-citers — the effect of self-citation remains positive even for very high rates of self-citation.
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
add a comment |
The answer might depend on how you define "effective promotion", but there is scientometric research concluding that self-citation leads to more citations - crucially including more citations by others. Instead of a comprehensive literature survey (which I'm ill-equipped to write), I'll just refer you to one of the more important papers on the topic as an inroad to the field.
Studying citations to Norwegian scientists, Fowler and Aksnes: "Does self-citation pay?", Scientometrics 72, 427-437 (2007) found (non-paywalled version)
that the more one cites oneself the more one is cited by other scholars. Controlling for numerous sources of variation in cumulative citations from others, our models suggest that each additional self-citation increases the number of citations from others by about one after one year, and by about three after five years. Moreover, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self-citers — the effect of self-citation remains positive even for very high rates of self-citation.
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
The answer might depend on how you define "effective promotion", but there is scientometric research concluding that self-citation leads to more citations - crucially including more citations by others. Instead of a comprehensive literature survey (which I'm ill-equipped to write), I'll just refer you to one of the more important papers on the topic as an inroad to the field.
Studying citations to Norwegian scientists, Fowler and Aksnes: "Does self-citation pay?", Scientometrics 72, 427-437 (2007) found (non-paywalled version)
that the more one cites oneself the more one is cited by other scholars. Controlling for numerous sources of variation in cumulative citations from others, our models suggest that each additional self-citation increases the number of citations from others by about one after one year, and by about three after five years. Moreover, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self-citers — the effect of self-citation remains positive even for very high rates of self-citation.
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
answered yesterday
AnyonAnyon
6,99622641
6,99622641
add a comment |
add a comment |
Citing your own work that doesn't contribute to the current work should be seen as wrong. That is improper self promotion. Citations, whether of yourself or others should be done to support the arguments of the current paper.
Citing things not relevant is a disservice to readers.
Use citation for the purpose for which it was created: allow the reader to follow arguments back to their source.
The exception would be a survey paper in which you are simply gathering the important documents of some subfield. But for a paper that hopes to advance scientific knowledge, leave out the things not relevant to the conclusions. You cite yourself in such work so as to avoid self-plagiarism.
Needing to "promote" your own work also seems a bit odd to me. If the work is good, it doesn't need promotion. The work should stand on its own. Or not. Spend your efforts on doing good work, not on advertising it.
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
add a comment |
Citing your own work that doesn't contribute to the current work should be seen as wrong. That is improper self promotion. Citations, whether of yourself or others should be done to support the arguments of the current paper.
Citing things not relevant is a disservice to readers.
Use citation for the purpose for which it was created: allow the reader to follow arguments back to their source.
The exception would be a survey paper in which you are simply gathering the important documents of some subfield. But for a paper that hopes to advance scientific knowledge, leave out the things not relevant to the conclusions. You cite yourself in such work so as to avoid self-plagiarism.
Needing to "promote" your own work also seems a bit odd to me. If the work is good, it doesn't need promotion. The work should stand on its own. Or not. Spend your efforts on doing good work, not on advertising it.
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
add a comment |
Citing your own work that doesn't contribute to the current work should be seen as wrong. That is improper self promotion. Citations, whether of yourself or others should be done to support the arguments of the current paper.
Citing things not relevant is a disservice to readers.
Use citation for the purpose for which it was created: allow the reader to follow arguments back to their source.
The exception would be a survey paper in which you are simply gathering the important documents of some subfield. But for a paper that hopes to advance scientific knowledge, leave out the things not relevant to the conclusions. You cite yourself in such work so as to avoid self-plagiarism.
Needing to "promote" your own work also seems a bit odd to me. If the work is good, it doesn't need promotion. The work should stand on its own. Or not. Spend your efforts on doing good work, not on advertising it.
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
Citing your own work that doesn't contribute to the current work should be seen as wrong. That is improper self promotion. Citations, whether of yourself or others should be done to support the arguments of the current paper.
Citing things not relevant is a disservice to readers.
Use citation for the purpose for which it was created: allow the reader to follow arguments back to their source.
The exception would be a survey paper in which you are simply gathering the important documents of some subfield. But for a paper that hopes to advance scientific knowledge, leave out the things not relevant to the conclusions. You cite yourself in such work so as to avoid self-plagiarism.
Needing to "promote" your own work also seems a bit odd to me. If the work is good, it doesn't need promotion. The work should stand on its own. Or not. Spend your efforts on doing good work, not on advertising it.
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
answered yesterday
BuffyBuffy
38.7k7125201
38.7k7125201
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
add a comment |
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
4
4
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
-1 off topic, this is addressed by other questions, as mentioned above.
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Academia Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2facademia.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f122614%2fis-relevant-self-citation-an-effective-way-to-promote-your-work%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Related questions academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95736/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/59109/… academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21797/…
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
This answer, to one of the linked questions, more than answers the question posed, ... see academia.stackexchange.com/a/122613/72855
– Solar Mike
yesterday
@SolarMike I think you linked to the wrong answer. corey979 actually argues both ways. academia.stackexchange.com/a/122611/13240
– Anonymous Physicist
yesterday
Clicking on the link I provided, takes me to Buffy's answer, which is the point as it is about self-plagiarism...
– Solar Mike
yesterday
You probably want to explicitly say "...where relevant and justified" to avoid misinterpretations.
– smci
20 hours ago