Self-Citation and Self-Reference: Credibility and Promotion in Academic Publication.

Hyland, Ken

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ERIC Number: EJ671854

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Publication Date: 2003

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Self-Citation and Self-Reference: Credibility and Promotion in Academic Publication.

Hyland, Ken

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v54 n3 p251-59 Feb 1 2003

Explores the use of self-citation and authorial mention in a corpus of 240 research articles and 800 abstracts in eight disciplines. Shows how self-mention is used and the ways these uses reflect both the promotional strategies of individuals and the epistemological practices of their disciplines. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Credibility, Epistemology, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Publishing, Intellectual Disciplines, Scholarly Journals, Writing for Publication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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