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Inflation of impact factors by journal self-citation in cardiovascular science

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Acknowledgement

I am grateful for the critical comments of Ruben Coronel, Michiel J. Janse, Loet Leydesdorff and Arthur Wilde.

Post-scriptum

After acceptance of this Editorial Comment, I noticed that JACC also published such ‘Highlights of the year’ in the years 2005–2011 and recently in 2013, each time primarily referring to papers published during the previous year. The total number of references in these ‘Highlights’ gradually increased from 107 in 2005 to 292 in 2012 (see above). The 2013 ‘version’ had 261 references.

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  1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9 Room K2-105, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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  2. Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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Opthof, T. Inflation of impact factors by journal self-citation in cardiovascular science. Neth Heart J 21, 163–165 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0384-0

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