• J Plast Surg Hand Surg · Feb 2018

    Comparative Study

    Self-citation rate and impact factor in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

    • Shimpei Miyamoto.
    • a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , National Cancer Centre Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
    • J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2018 Feb 1; 52 (1): 40-46.

    BackgroundJournal ranking based on the impact factor (IF) can be distorted by self-citation. The aim of this study is to investigate the present status of self-citation in the plastic surgery journals and its effect on the journals' IFs.MethodsIF, IF without self-citations (corrected IF), self-cited rate, and self-citing rate for 11 plastic surgery journals were investigated from 2009-2015, by reviewing the Journal Citation Report®. The correlations of the IF with the self-cited rate and the self-citing rate were statistically assessed. In addition, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery was compared with 15 top journals from other surgical specialties in 2015.ResultsIF was significantly correlated with the self-cited rate (R: 0.594, p = 0.001) and the self-citing rate (R: 0.824, p < 0.001). The self-cited rate of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2015 was higher than that of top journals from other surgical specialties. The IFs of Microsurgery and Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery increased greatly in recent years, but they were inflated by high self-cited and self-citing rates.ConclusionsThe self-citation rate positively affects the IF in plastic surgery journals. A high concentration of self-citation of some journals could distort the ranking among plastic surgery journals in general.

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