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Table 2 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

From: Author self-citation in orthodontics is associated with author origin and gender

 

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