*Information Scientist, Gurukul Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, Uttarakhand249404, India E-mail: akvishvakarma@rediffmail.com
**Assistant Professor (LIS), DDE, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh250005, India E-mail: surendrasingh2015@rediffmail.com
Self-citation that is the practice of referencing of own previously published works in any article or research work is of common occurrence in the world of scholarly publications. It is a question of debatewhether self-citations should be included or not, but it varies from discipline to discipline. However, more commonly self-citing to a certain extent is a legitimate practice. This paper attempts to find out self – citation patterns among the library and information professionals who contributed to Granthalya Vigyan that is the only long survived Hindi journal of Library & Information Science by taking its 2016-2020 published issues into consideration.
Self-Citation, Library & Information Science Professionals
