TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The practice of strategic journal self-citation: it exists, and should stop (A note from the editor-in-chief)
JO  - European journal of transport and infrastructure research
A1  - Chorus, Caspar G.
SP  - 274
EP  - 281
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1567-7133
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -