Improved citation status of World Journal Gastroenterology in 2004: Analysis of all reference citations by WJG and citations of WJG articles by other SCI journals during 1998-2004

Figure 1 Number of articles published in WJG during 1998-2004.

Figure 2 Total reference citations (A) and reference citations per article (B) in WJG during 1998-2004.

Figure 3 Total authors’ self-citations and the percentage of total authors’ self-citations in total reference citations (A) and the authors’ self-citations per article (B).

Figure 4 Total journal’s self-citations and the percentage of journal’s self-citations in total reference citations (A) and the journal’s self-citations per article (B).

Figure 5 Total citations of WJG articles by other SCI journals (A) and the citations by other SCI journals per article (B).

Figure 6 WJG self-citation rate and citation rate of WJG articles by other SCI journals.

Figure 7 Total number of inappropriate citations (A) and number of inappropriate citations per article (B).

Figure 8 Annual number of inappropriate citations within the three subsections (A), and the percentage of inappropriate citations within the three subsections (B) during 1998-2004, as determined by the subsection analysis of the differences between the two sides of the hyphens.

Figure 9 Annual number of articles with inappropriate citations (A), annual number of inappropriate citations within the two frequency subsections (B), and the percentage of inappropriate citations within the two frequency subsections (C) during 1998-2004.