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Fig. 1: Differences in median proportions of author self-citations among all citations of publications about diabetes mellitus in 2000 that were cited at least once before April 2003. Horizontal bars represent the 95% bootstrap confidence interval (CI) for the differences. Original articles (7%) v. reviews (0%): 7% (95% CI 0% to 10%). Original articles that were not rigorous (8%) v. those that were rigorous (4.5%): 3.5% (95% CI –5% to 9%). Other reviews (8%) v. systematic reviews (3%): 5% (95% CI –1.5% to 9%).