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Distribution of the self-citing authors per rank, origin, and gender. The rank “First/Last” refers to articles where an equal number of self-citations were observed for first and last authors
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | ||
| First | 56 | 20.44 |
| Last | 177 | 64.60 |
| First/Last | 41 | 14.96 |
| Origin | ||
| Asia | 62 | 26.61 |
| Europe | 75 | 32.19 |
| North America | 35 | 15.02 |
| South America | 23 | 9.87 |
| Other | 38 | 16.31 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 166 | 71.24 |
| Female | 67 | 28.77 |
