Academic writing in scientific articles: self-citation in different disciplinary areas

This article analyzes the presence of self-citation in ten most cited scientific articles from two areas of knowledge - General Medicine and Linguistics - which were published by Brazilian authors in the period from 2015 to 2019. The focus is on the functions and meanings of self-citation in writing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Fischer, Adriana, Ferreira, Klara Marcondes, da Silva, Rochele
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Revista Política e gestão educacional
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14160
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/14160
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Autocitação
Letramentos acadêmicos
Escrita acadêmica
Artigos científicos
Self-citation
Academic literacies
Academic writing
Scientific articles
Autocita
Alfabetizaciones académicas
Escritura académica
Artículos científicos
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Sumario:This article analyzes the presence of self-citation in ten most cited scientific articles from two areas of knowledge - General Medicine and Linguistics - which were published by Brazilian authors in the period from 2015 to 2019. The focus is on the functions and meanings of self-citation in writing and problematizing the insertion of researchers in academic literacy practices. The data indicate that self-citation, as well as the citation of others, is a recurrent resource in the production of experienced researchers, with the objective of valuing continuous work within the same research group and promoting a character of reliability to the reader.