Effects of self-cites on immediacy index and impact factor calculation.

The following journals were analyzed: a) Multidisciplinary sciences: 20 journals with the highest IF2014 in the JCR category Multidisciplinary sciences; b) Parasitology: 20 journals with the highest IF2014 in the JCR category Parasitology; Information science: 20 journals with the highest number of papers published on scientometrics or bibliometrics. Weighted means ± SD and ranges are provided for the shares of self-cites.