I don't think this is a good practice to boost citation index. I came over this paper which seems to say that too much self-citation is good and increases citation counts in the long run.
http://www.academia.edu/934257/How_to_increase_your_papers_citations_and_h_index_in_5_simple_steps
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100813/full/news.2010.406.html
Good or Bad. If your research work is the extension of previous work then very well we can go with self citation.
An author can definitely cite his own publications but only the ones relevant to a paper and that there should NOT be any motive to just increase the number of citations!
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Subir.
It certainly is a way to increase the number of citations and I am sure that many researchers cite their own work just to do that. It is not easy to trace those that utilize this method because it cerainly is not illegal and hard to distinguish between those researchers who quote their previous work properly.
Good or Bad. If your research work is the extension of previous work then very well we can go with self citation.
I don't see any problem with self-citation as long as the authors consider academic ethics and cite relevant publications. Furthermore, too many self-citations in on paper isn't a recommended practice either.
If you work in a field which is populated by only a few researchers, then you will l end up citing your articles a lot. This is not a bad practice, just a result of the fact that you are a major contributor in that area.
Moderate amount of self-citation is often inevitable. But excessive self-citation can be considered rather crass and unprofessional, and in some cases is unethical. Anyhow, in some cases, self-citation (even excessive self-citation) may be valid and forgivable. For example, if you are in a restricted field of research, self-citation may be unavoidable. If less than half a dozen scientists study your species or region, you’ll quickly find that you are citing each other repeatedly. Also, PhD students are expected to produce publishable works from dissertation chapters, so these publications will be linked. Self-citation is therefore inevitable in this situation, especially if post-doctoral work follows on from PhD studies. Anyhow, it is a common rookie mistake by young, ambitious academics to excessively self-cite grey literature.
In a nutshell, it's not a bad practice or it's better unless you are citing your own papers (or papers from same research group) forcefully (irrelevant).
Self-citation just for the sake to improve one's indexes isn't ethical and should be condemned. However, sometimes an author's following on chain of articles/patents developing the very same subject matter depends on a proper and thorough chronological self-citations, and as such it should be approved in any way possible.
It good be a good practice if it is not excessively overused by researchers.
Self citation prevents duplication of already existing literature .in case of original work self citation is necessary to make it understand if other person is reading fresh published articles
Yes, it is a good practice. A researcher who has dwelt so much in an area and has has become a reference point in that area cannot avoid self-citation. Oftentimes, they are mentioned as follow ups of previous researches. What's more! The rest of the researchers in the area cite him copiously. I could give an example with Prof. Ibrahim Banat who has published very many outstanding articles in biosurfactant research and is very frequently cited by others. Is it possible for him to not refer to two or three of his over 200 articles in this area if he has to buttress a point in the new article he wishes to publish? Absolutely not.
Sidharta Chatterjee - Generally, to assure an accurate practice, self-citations should be used to support the arguments, not to demonstrate your research. Moreover, self-cites may used to compare recent findings of the research with previous results when studying the same theme. The important point here is to avoid turning self-citations into self-promotion.
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