title: Self-citation in publishing.
authors.forename: Andreas F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mavrogenis
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: Panayiotis J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Papagelopoulos
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D015982:Bias; D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*