tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post1669521441680880374..comments2024-03-17T08:30:21.129+00:00Comments on Open and Shut?: The Open Access Interviews: Justin Flatt on the Self-Citation IndexRichard Poynderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-65753041253595095112019-08-20T23:15:26.268+00:002019-08-20T23:15:26.268+00:00Reading this made me feel dirty. It's the wron...Reading this made me feel dirty. It's the wrong solution. Shaming researchers for behavior the author doesn't like is a louse thing to do. Self-citations are perfectly reasonable; how much one should cite oneself versus others depends upon whose work one builds. Esoteric academics pursuing rabbit holes have no choice but to self-cite. <br /><br />Rewarding self-citations seems to be the problem. Removing them from h-index calculations seems like a sensible fix. Punishing and shaming? That will build far worse skewed incentives than the current system. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com