Consistent self citation Nelson Tansu

Nelson Tansu Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer

Engineering from Lehigh University claims that he is a genius and
the youngest professor in history.

He also claims that he has authored more than 220 papers and his
papers have more than 1100 citations. That means he is very
popular. But this investigation proves that he is just a consistent
self citation.

This research find consistent self citation in the field of Physics

and MOCVD of III-Nitride and III-V Semiconductor
Optoelectronics Materials and Devices; III-Nitride and III-V
Semiconductor Nanostructures for Solid State Lightings, Energy,
and Communications; Photonics.

According to the definition: A self-citation is a reference an author provide in a document to

other documents written by himself. Self-references may result from the cumulative nature of
individual research, the need for personal gratification, or the value of self-citation as a rhetorical
and tactical tool in the struggle for visibility and scientific authority. (http://www.iva.dk/bh/
core%20concepts%20in%20lis/articles%20a-z/self_citation.htm)

We can use Scopus (http://www.scopus.com), a publication database to investigate this. You can
do this at a university library.

Search for “Tansu, N” as author.

Now, Scopus only gives 148 papers (Not 220)

We can do a citation analysis.
Scopus gives a total number of citations = 1148, with h index = 19
But look at the 1148 citations, how many citation is due to Tansu himself. What is his self
citation?
In Scopus select “Exclude from citations self citation of authors”
The result of Scopus five: Total citations: 598, h index = 13

It means that from the 1148 citations, 550 citations come from Tansu himself, almost half of
the citation (48%) are self citation.
Nelson Tansu has a 50% self citation.
Congratulation, Tansu is a Self-Consistent Self-Citation.
You can prove it from his paper:
- Example no. 1
Gain and spontaneous emission characteristics of high Al-content AlGaN quantum well lasers.
Zhang, J., Zhao, H., Tansu, N. 2010. 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society,
PHOTINICS 2010 , art. no. 5698758, pp. 63-64
This paper has 12 references, and 5 of that is Tansu own paper. Self citation = 42%

- Zhao, H., Liu, G., Li, X.-H., Ee, Y.-K., HuaTong, Zhang, J., Huang, G.S., Tansu, N.
Novel growth and device concepts for high-efficiency InGaN quantum wells light-emitting
diodes. Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010
Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010 , art. no. 5501113
This paper has 13 references, and 11 of that is Tansu own paper. Self citation = 85%

- Li, X.-H., Tong, H., Zhao, H., Tansu, N. Band structure calculation of dilute-As GaNAs by first
principle. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7597, art. no.
75970H
This paper has 26 references, and 23 of that is Tansu own paper. Self citation = 64%

- Zhao, H., Liu, G., Tansu, N. Analysis of InGaN-delta-InN quantum wells for light-emitting
diodes. Applied Physics Letters 97 (13), art. no. 131114
This paper has 38 references, and 16 of that is Tansu own paper. Self citation = 42%

Zhao, H., Arif, R.A., Tansu, N. Design analysis of staggered InGaN quantum wells light-
emitting diodes at 500540 nm
This paper has 28 references, and 7 of that is Tansu own paper. Self citation = 25%

Read his CV here and look at his publications: http://www.ece.lehigh.edu/~tansu/pdf/

Tansu_CV.pdf
Notice publication after year 2006 (No. 85 in his list), Tansu are all as last author. That means he
just do nothing, and he asked people to put his name on the paper. If he’s such a great professor,
his name will not be at the last of all the papers.
He claimed to have more than 220 papers, but only 148 papers are really counted as scientific
papers by Scopus.

Here is another proof that Tansu is manipulating the citation to get a high h-index.
The h-index is an index to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of
a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the
number of citations that they have received.
A scientist has index h if he has published h papers each of which has been cited by others at
least h times.
(Highlight by others, meaning you shouldn't cite yourself to get a high h index)
You can manipulate the h-index if you keep citing your own paper.

Remember the result from Scopus is h index = 19.

Here are examples:
Look at his top cited paper: Tansu N., Kirsch N.J., Mawst L.J. Low-threshold-current-density
1300-nm dilute-nitride quantum well lasers. 2002, Applied Physics Letters, (14) 2523
This paper has 116 citations, but 41 is due to Tansu, self citation 35%

And this is getting better

Tansu N., Mawst L.J.
Design analysis of 1550-nm GaAsSb-(In)GaAsN type-II quantum-well laser active regions 2003,
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics,
This paper has 20 citations, and 12 is due to Tansu, self citation 60%.

Ee Y.-K., Arif R.A., Tansu N., Kumnorkaew P., Gilchrist J.F.

Enhancement of light extraction efficiency of InGaN quantum wells light emitting diodes using
Si O2 /polystyrene microlens arrays 2007, Applied Physics Letters, (22)
This paper has 19 citations, and 11 is due to Tansu, self citation 58%. Note this is his paper #19
ranked by citations. He keep on citing this paper so he can get a higher h index.

Tansu N., Yeh J.-Y., Mawst L.J.

Physics and characteristics of high performance 1200 nm InGaAs and 1300-1400 nm InGaAsN
quantum well lasers obtained by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition
2004, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
This paper has 19 citations, and 10 is due to Tansu, self citation 53%. This is his paper #20
ranked by citations. He will keep on citing this paper so he can get a higher h index.

Tansu N., Yeh J.-Y., Mawst L.J.

Improved photoluminescence of InGaAsN-(In)GaAsP quantum well by organometallic vapor
phase epitaxy using growth pause annealing 2003, Applied Physics Letters
This paper has 18 citations, and 9 is due to Tansu, self citation 50%. This is his paper #21 ranked
by citations. He will keep on citing this paper so he can get a higher h index.

You can see Tansu manipulate by citing his paper so he can get a high h index.

Nelson Tansu claimed to be a genius and youngest professor, but it is all due to consistent
self citation. As the definition says it is a result of the need for personal gratification, as
a tactical tool in the struggle for visibility and scientific authority.(http://www.iva.dk/bh/
core%20concepts%20in%20lis/articles%20a-z/self_citation.htm)

According to research self citation is used as a promotional strategy. (http://portal.acm.org/

citation.cfm?id=766448)

That is why this Tansu is a Self Consistent Self Citation Professor.