Self citation in SPIE conference proceedings

Connecting mind. Increasing citation.

  

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. SPI hold conferences every year
throughout USA. SPIE also published conference proceedings.
  

The paper in the proceedings does not have a strict limit on the number of references. And
scientists like to play trick on that. Particularly the youngest professor Nelson Tansu have
chance to gain many self citation.
Let’s look at this year’s Conference in January in San Francisco. I was there as well, not a
brilliant weather at that time of the year.
  

Tansu Group presented 6 papers in different headings, and let’s look at the number of self
citation:
  

Novel approaches for high-efficiency InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes: Device physics
and epitaxy engineering Tansu, N., Zhao, H., Zhang, J., Liu, G., Li, X.-H., Ee, Y.-K., Song, R.,
Huang, G.S. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
7954, art. no. 795418
This paper has 40 self references to Tansu
Wow.. can you belive that? 40 self citation in a paper. This must be a world record in self
citation. Tansu has reported the best self citation threshold in the record!
  

Zhang, J., Zhao, H., Tansu, N. 2011 Gain characteristics of deep UV AlGaN quantum wells
lasers
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7953, art. no. 79530H
This paper has 27 self references to Tansu
  
Enhancement of light extraction efficiency of InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes using
TiO2 microsphere arrays Li, X.-H., Ee, Y.-K., Song, R., Tansu, N. 2011 Proceedings of
SPIE - The
International Society for Optical Engineering 7954, art. no. 79540U
This paper has 27 self references to Tansu
  

Thermoelectric properties of MOCVD-grown AlInN alloys with various compositions Zhang, J.,
Tong, H., Liu, G., Herbsommer, J.A., Huang, G.S., Tansu, N. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The
International Society for Optical Engineering 7939, art. no. 79390O
This paper has 27 self references to Tansu
  

Cathodoluminescence characteristics of linearly shaped staggered InGaN quantum wells light-

emitting diodes Zhao, H., Zhang, J., Liu, G., Toma, T., Poplawsky, J.D., Dierolf, V., Tansu, N.
2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7939, art. no.
793905
This paper has 27 self references to Tansu
  

Analysis of thermoelectric properties of AlInN semiconductor alloys Zhang, J., Tong, H.,
Herbsommer, J.A., Tansu, N. 2011 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical
Engineering 7933, art. no. 79330X
This paper has 28 self references to Tansu
  

Tansu really nail it hard this year, he got 170 citations from a conference. Can you imagine that?
176 self citation from just 6 papers. This is how to get the most citation in as little time as
possible. Tansu definitely gain a large self citation. This citation gain characteristic is so string
that Tansu has reported the best threshold in self citation, ever!
  

  

Let’s look at last year’s SPIE 2010 to see if there is a self consistent characteristic:
  

Band structure calculation of dilute-As GaNAs by first principle Li, X.-H., Tong, H., Zhao, H.,
Tansu, N. 2010 Proceedings of SPIE -The International Society for Optical Engineering
7597, art. no.75970H
This paper cited Tansu reference: 23 times
  

Electron-photon and electron-LO phonon intersubband scattering rates in GaN/AlN quantum

wells
Liu, G., Zhao, H., Tansu, N. 2010 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical
Engineering 7597, art. no. 75971K
This paper cited Tansu reference: 14 times
  

Abbreviated GaN metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy growth mode on nano-patterned sapphire
for enhanced efficiency of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes Ee, Y.-K., Li, X.-H., Biser, J.,
Cao, W., Chan, H.M., Vinci, R.P., Tansu, N. 2010 Proceedings of SPIE - The International
Society for Optical Engineering 7617, art. no. 76170G
This paper cited Tansu reference: 13 times
  

Thermal conductivity measurement of pulsed-MOVPE InN alloy grown on GaN/sapphire by

3ω method Tong, H., Zhang, J., Zhao, H., Liu, G., Handara, V.A., Herbsommer, J.A., Tansu,
N. 2010 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7602,
art. no. 76020U
This paper cited Tansu reference: 19 times
  

The same story, 13-23 self citation in a paper. Amazing. Total 69 citations from 4 SPIE
papers. World’s fastest self citation record. This is how to get the most citation out of a
conference. Self citation at large!