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The impact of scientific studies is measured and examined quantitatively and qualitatively by bibliometric methods. By means of research evaluation studies, comparisons are made in between countries, institutions or individuals indicate scientific development, and consequently all these efforts help the formation of scientific publication policies of countries and institutions. This study analyzes the journal self-citation concept and its impact on academic publishing. It also examines bibliometric features of the Energy Education Science and Technology that has been indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded since 2008. In conclusion, it is found that 94% of the Energy Education Science and Technology citations are journal self-citation. Self-citation numbers that affect the increase of EEST's impact factor lead to serious abnormities and cause unethical consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After the declaration of the Budapest Open Access Initiative in 2001, institutional open repositories are known as the most important tool of the self archiving, which is also known as green road. There are 26 institutional repositories, which are all compatible to international standards. All the institutional open repositories of Turkey mentioned before are listed in international open archive directories. In this study institutional open repository of Dokuz Eylül University is examined and institutional open repositories of Turkey are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, WoS and Scopus databases are being compared in terms of their content, subject headings and their regional comprehension. Also, the research are supported through an analysis of studies of the Social, Art and Humanities subjects which are published in the WoS and Scopus databases with Turkish address between 2000 - 2009 years. In the past decade, indexed studies, the incensement in the number of publishing, the subject headings which have presented the most increase were investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]