Comparative study of self-citation rate in two Iranian library journals, Faslname-ye Ketab and Faslname Ketabdary va Etela rasany based on PJCR during 1382-1386.

This study aims to compare self-citation rate of published articles in two Iranian journals, Faslname-ye Ketab and Faslname Ketabdary va Etela’rasany which are indexed in PJCR’s ISC during 1382-1386. In this research, some indexes such as number of author self–citation, percentage of author self-citaion, number of articles with author self-citation, also type of self-cited documents in each journal, self- citation live, the ratio of journal self-citation, journals impact factor before and after omitting self-citaion and the functionality of journals after omitting self-citations were calculated and analyzed. The results indicated that self-citation ratio in both journals is pretty low. On the whole, Faslname-ye Ketabdary va Etela’rasany has got more self-citaion rather than Faslname-ye Ketab, although the ratio of self-citations in the second one is largely more than the first in 1385, but this result was vice versa in 1386. Also, this survey showed the impact factor which results to change journal rank after omitting self-citaion.