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The present study views author self-citations, as a blend of experience and cognition of authors. This paper supports to lay down emphasis on consciousness and cognition of authors while assessing author self-citations.
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Pichappan, P., Sarasvady, S. The other side of the coin: The intricacies of author self-citations. Scientometrics 54, 285–290 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016070029935
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