The Use of Fi-Index Tool to Assess Per-manuscript Self-citations

Bibliographic Data

ID21635061
AuthorsLuca Fiorillo (0000-0003-0335-4165, University of Messina, corresponding author), Marco Cicciù (0000-0003-2311-9728, University of Messina)
Year2022
Volume38
Issue4
Pages684-692
Publication date2022-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublishing Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-8801 • E-ISSN: 1936-4792
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12109-022-09920-2
OpenAlexW4303478035
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Bibliometric parameters are now increasingly used in the evaluation of scientific research and researchers/authors. Over the years, different indices have been taken into consideration with the aim of “quantifying” different authors. A new index was recently defined, the Fi-index, with the aim of evaluate how much the h-index of a given author is influenced by his self-citations. The purpose of this work is to apply the Fi-index, not to the entire career of the author, as normally happens, but to the single paper in course of publication, so as to verify or certify that a specific manuscript does not affect the h-index or citations from the single author or authors. Fi-index tool score measure the impact of a paper on author career and it is obtained by a simple calculation that could be made with an online tool ( www.fident.eu/fidentresearch/fiindextool ). The use of fi-index tool could be useful as a guarantee parameter on a specific manuscript, obviously provided that a particular author could have a scientific research trend. It is hoped that this index will be used on a large scale for scientific publications affected by bibliometric parameters

Bibliometrics · Data mining · Data science · Geography · Information retrieval · Library science · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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