First of all, both self-citation rate and other-citation rate are important indicators to measure the influence of papers, but they are measured from different angles. The self-citation rate mainly reflects the author's recognition of his own research results and his self-citation habit, while the self-citation rate more reflects the contribution and influence of the paper on the academic community. Therefore, a high self-citation rate does not necessarily mean that the paper has great influence. Similarly, the low self-citation rate does not necessarily mean that the influence of the paper is small.
Second, there is a certain correlation between self-citation rate and other-citation rate. Generally speaking, if the self-citation rate of a paper is high, then the paper may have some influence in a certain field, because the author will quote his own paper to emphasize his point of view or prove his research results. At the same time, it may also attract other authors to quote this paper, thus improving his citation rate. On the other hand, if the self-citation rate of a paper is low, then this paper may be insufficient in some aspects and needs to be compensated by quoting other papers. In this case, his citation rate may be higher.
However, the relationship between self-citation rate and other-citation rate is not absolute. In some cases, high self-citation rate does not mean that the paper has great influence. For example, if the author quotes his own papers too much, it may be considered as a lack of innovation or copying other people's opinions. In this case, even if the self-citation rate is high, other cited rates may be low. On the contrary, in some cases, the low self-citation rate does not mean that the paper has little influence. For example, if the research content of a paper is very novel and has high practical value, even if the author does not quote his own paper, it may attract other authors to quote this paper, thus improving his citation rate.