چکیده:
Research on citation behaviors shows that authors tend to cite the articles of the
journals to which they have sent their own articles to be published (Target Journal).
Experts in this field have clarified this phenomenon in different ways. The present
study follows different explanatory presentations with regard to Citing Conformity
Factor. The research has been done in two parts: 1. Survey Method, and 2. Citation
analysis method. The results of regression analysis suggest that some part of this
phenomenon’s variance is justified based on Normative Citing Conformity. In line
with conformity with group norms and through having the motivation for receiving
rewards, the authors cite the articles in target journal. The relationship between
Citing Conformity Factors (Normative, Informational, and Identification) and the
motivation to cite target journal has been analyzed in this research for the first
time.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Citation to Target Journal; A Motivation Based on Normative Citing Conformity Saeideh Ebrahimy Farideh Osareh Department of Knowledge & Information Department of Knowledge & Information Science, College of Education & Psychology, Science, College of Education & Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran Corresponding Author: osareh.
The relationship between Citing Conformity Factors (Normative, Informational, and Identification) and the motivation to cite target journal has been analyzed in this research for the first time.
This research aim to explain this phenomenon (forced journal self citation) as a psychological motivation named citing conformity, what distinguish this study from the previous related ones.
When in the process of generating scientific information a researcher cites informational resources in order to gain rewards or avoid punishment, Normative Citing Conformity has occurred, while if he/she selects people and social groups for his/her decision- making with the aim of choosing a true informational resource for the citation, it has happened based on Informational Citing Conformity (Osareh, Farajpahlou, Shehni & Ebrahimy, 2012).
According to the hypothesis of the present study, when the authors make citations to the articles of Target Journal or its agents for the reason that they may tend to create a positive attitude towards their articles and make a proper situation for the admission of their articles, Normative Citing Conformity has happened.
Based on these findings, the first research hypothesis regarding the prediction of some part of the authors' behavioral model variance for the citation to Target Journal is confirmed by the Normative Citing Conformity factor.