Talk:Johnny Matson

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Criticism of his citation practices

There has been some criticism of Matson's practice of copiously citing himself in his papers, and publishing in journals he is also the editor of: This mentions 21 self-citations in one page of one paper; this refers to 34 papers published in his own journals (in 2013); this breaks down the 64 citations in one of his papers -- 31 self-cites, 33 from own journals; this counts 90 papers by him since the 2007 founding of (one of) the journals he edits; this identifies 24 self-citations out of 36 in one paper, and & 33 out of 63 in another; this mentions a over 50% self-cited paper (in journal he edits); this categorizes 25 out of 50 citations as self-cites in yet another paper; this points out a paper quickly accepted (in less than 10 days) by his own journal, with 34 self-cites; this indirectly refers to a paper (in his own journal) with 25 self-cites; this categorizes 42 of 60 cites in a paper to his own journals; this counts 27 (of 44) self-cites in own journal paper; this counts 80 of his papers from one of his journals. I'm not sure how this should best be mentioned in the article, but I thought it worthwhile to bring it up on the talk page to try and get other views on the matter. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:58, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

This points out that, as of today, Matson has already gotten 4 papers published in the 2014 issue of one of the journals he edits. This appears unseemly, at best. JesseW, the juggling janitor 19:45, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

This points out that, in the 10 papers Matson has published (in 2014 so far') in the journal he is editor-in-chief of, he's cited himself 274 times. JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:14, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Also see this post on Dorothy Bishop's blog. Matson has the highest self-citation rate of any autism researcher and he is "an author on over ten percent of the papers published in RASD since 2007", the journal he edits himself. Bishop is a highly respected researcher and her blog is widely read — this is definitely notable and should be in the article. Posessvils (talk) 08:54, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a good source for it: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/journal-editors-self-citation-rate-under-scrutiny/2018713.article. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:51, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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