Accuracy of references in journals of hand surgery

Boya H., Ozcan O., Mete A. M., Gunal I.

JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, cilt.39, sa.2, ss.174-180, 2008 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3138/jsp.39.2.174
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.174-180
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: accuracy of references, scientific journals, citation errors
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Three hundred randomly selected references collected from the Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume), the Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), and the British Journal of Plastic Surgery, spanizing the years 1998 to 2002, were evaluated for citation errors. Forty-four citations across all journals contained errors (14.6 per cent). None of the errors made the cited article impossible to retrieve. Ten of tire forty-four inaccuracies were incorrect final page numbers.