Do authors check their references? A survey of accuracy of references in three public health journals.
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 77 (8) , 1011-1012
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.77.8.1011
Abstract
We verified a random sample of 50 references in the May 1986 issue of each of three public health journals. Thirty-one per cent of the 150 references had citation errors, one out of 10 being a major error (reference not locatable). Thirty per cent of the references differed from authors' use of them with half being a major error (cited paper not related to author's contention).Keywords
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