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self-citation

self-citation noun: the act or practice of citing one's previous publications in new works; autocitation.

Noun

self-citation (countable and uncountable, plural self-citations)

  1. The act or practice of citing one's previous publications in new works; autocitation.
  2. A citation of this type.

Forms of self-citation

pluralself-citations

Questions about self-citation

What does self-citation mean?
Self-citation means the act or practice of citing one's previous publications in new works; autocitation.
What part of speech is self-citation?
Self-citation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-citation?
The plural of self-citation is self-citations.

Words near self-citation in the dictionary

  1. self-checkout
  2. self-checkouts
  3. self-checks out
  4. self-checks-out
  5. self-circumcision
  6. self-citation
  7. self-citations
  8. self-clamp
  9. self-cleaning
  10. self-clear
  11. self-cleared

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-citation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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