笔者曾经写过一篇《引文选刊的局限性》的文章(发表在《图书情报工作》1983年第3期上)。时过6年,当我重新讨论这个问题时,又有了新的认识。兹将其略加整理成文,名之曰《再论》。1.自引。所谓自引,就是“著者引用自己先前发表的论文或与他人合著的论文”。由于自引主要用于“作者把目前的工作与先前的工作联系起来,提供一些背景资料,避免重复”,因此,自引远不及“他引”重要。常识告诉我们,文章的自我评价是不能表明其重要性、科学性和准确性的。如此 The author once wrote an article entitled “Limitations of Citation Selection” (published in “Library and Information Service”, 1983, No. 3). After six years, when I re-discussed the issue, I got a new understanding. It will be slightly finishing order, the name of “re-discussion.” 1. From the lead. The so-called self-cited, is “the author cites his previous published papers or co-authored papers.” Since self-citation is mainly used for “the author links current work with previous work and provides some background information to avoid repetition”, it is more important to be far less clueless than “him”. Common sense tells us that the article’s self-evaluation can not show its importance, scientific and accurate. in this way