@article{ref1,
title="The practice of strategic journal self-citation: it exists, and should stop (A note from the editor-in-chief)",
journal="European journal of transport and infrastructure research",
year="2015",
author="Chorus, Caspar G.",
volume="15",
number="3",
pages="274-281",
abstract="This note highlights how journal self-citation practices substantially influence impact factor-based journal rankings in the field of Transportation. Furthermore, by means of analyzing Thomson Reuters' most recent Journal Citation Report (JCR), I show that a substantial share of these self-citations is likely to be the result of strategic behavior by editors of journals. I conclude with a call to editors to stop requesting or nudging authors to add journal self-citations to their papers; and a call to authors to stop giving in to editors when being asked to provide such citations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1567-7133",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}