Fig. 2: The proportion of self-citations, intracitations and other journal citations in the five DSMJs’ citations in 2021 to items published in 2019–2021.
From: Citation beneficiaries of discipline-specific mega-journals: who and how much

This figure focuses on the five DSMJs’ citations in 2021 to their own items published in 2019–2021, which include two types of notable citations, i.e., DSMJs’ self-citations and intracitations, represented by each slice of the bar chart.