SelfCite — Citation Transparency

Automatic OpenAlex personal self-citations and SCImago SJR journal-quartile distributions on Google Scholar profiles.

SelfCite brings citation context directly to Google Scholar profiles. Powered by Gottesman Software. Two bars appear above the publications: • Personal self-citations: see an OpenAlex estimate, matched self-citation links, indexed citations and publication coverage. • Journal quartiles: see Q1–Q4 and Unknown shares using the included 2025 SCImago SJR edition. SelfCite searches the displayed researcher name in OpenAlex and compares candidate records with publication titles already visible on the profile. Strong matches load automatically. If the records are ambiguous, select the author inside the bar. Follow a coauthor's Scholar profile link and SelfCite analyzes that profile independently. The SJR bar covers retrieved journal articles from the current calendar year and preceding nine years. Each paper uses its journal's best category quartile in the displayed SJR edition. Unknown journals remain visible. The period, ranking year and excluded works are shown. Results depend on OpenAlex coverage and author identification. SelfCite retrieves up to 1,000 works and labels partial coverage. Citation estimates and journal quartiles do not establish research quality or misconduct. SelfCite sends the profile name to OpenAlex automatically on supported profiles. Visible publication titles and affiliations are compared locally. It does not transmit Scholar citation records, profile URLs or browsing history. There are no analytics or developer servers. SJR matching runs locally and requires no subscription. An optional OpenAlex key can be entered in the toolbar if keyless limits are reached. Data sources: OpenAlex and SCImago Journal & Country Rank. SelfCite is independent of Google, OpenAlex and SCImago.