How do I increase citation count in Google Scholar?

Studies suggest 5 ways to increase citation counts

1. Watch your title length and punctuation.
2. Take advantage of preprint servers and release your results early.
3. Avoid mentioning a country in your title, abstract or keywords.
4. Link your paper to the supporting data in a freely accessible repository.
5. Cut the hyphens.

Does Google Scholar remove citations?

Towards this end, Google Scholar maintains a broad source of the research articles. However, Google Scholar does not exclude self-citations from the list of citations of one particular journal, author or co-author. The Google Scholar citation statistics are, therefore, not regarded as highly accurate.

Why is citation count important?

Using article citation count as an index of quality After five or ten years after publication, average citations per year provides some information regarding the quality of a publication. Actually, it is a measure of impact potential as indexed by achieved impact over a finite period of time.

Why does Google Scholar not show my paper?

Personal websites, press or academic pages that show errors or broken links are not identified by Google search engines. The article could be removed by Google if it is deleted or disappears from its original location.

How often are Google Scholar citations updated?

every other day
It turns out the update frequency is very regular: I found that et al.’s citations increase (by about ~1500) exactly every other day. So that’s the answer to how often Google Scholar updates its citation counts: every other day.

How do I exclude myself from citations in Google Scholar?

Search for author name in the usual way. Click “cited by number“ Identify how Google Scholar represents the name you want to exclude in the hits (typically “A Name”) Add a standard Google query string which excludes the name you identified in point 3 to your current citation url in the following format &q=-“A Name”

How many citations is good for a paper?

What is a good number of citations? With 10 or more citations, your work is now in the top 24\% of the most cited work worldwide; this increased to the top 1.8\% as you reach 100 or more citations. Main take home message: the average citation per manuscript is clearly below 10!

What is category normalized citation impact?

Category Normalized Citation Impact: The Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) of a document is calculated by dividing an actual citation count by an expected citation rate for documents with the same document type, year of publication, and subject area.