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Abstract
This paper examines the common, and highly complex, practice of academic citation use. Inasmuch as citations - and their analysis - are seen as fundamental to the provenance of scientific investigation and publication, they are therefore deserving of a public discourse in how to best ethically frame: (1) citation analysis methodologies; (2) academic citation behavior; and (3) peer review and publisher citation behavior; in the context of their potential to distort the scientific process and intellectual honesty.
Recommended Citation
Knight, Shirlee-ann
(2009)
"Journal Self-Citation XVI: Academic Citations – A Question of Ethics?,"
Communications of the Association for Information Systems:
Vol. 25, Article 16.
Available at:
http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol25/iss1/16
