TY - JOUR AU - Rau, Jaime R. AU - Jaksic, Fabian M. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/30 TI - Few self-citations among Chilean ecologists JO - Revista Chilena de Historia Natural SP - 9 VL - 93 IS - 1 AB - We determine the occurrence of self-citations among 36 Chilean ecologists with the highest h index values recorded in Web of Science. Because the practice of self-citation is perceived as negative by inflating a given researcher’s impact factor, we evaluate if those ecologists (five of them having been awarded the National Prize in Natural Sciences) tend unduly to self-citation, or alternately, receive citations from others ostensibly because their peers recognize their theoretical and empirical output. SN - 0717-6317 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-020-00097-6 DO - 10.1186/s40693-020-00097-6 ID - Rau2020 ER -