Accuracy of Reference Citations in Five Entomology Journals
Abstract
The bibliographical reference citations in 5 core entomology journals were examined for accuracy to determine if error rates were similar to those of other fields. The journals selected included Archives of Insect Biochemistry, Ecological Entomology, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Journal of Insect Physiology, and Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. Citations printed in the 1st issue of each journal in 1992 were compared with the original publications to determine their accuracy. An average of 30.1 % of citations in the journals contained 1 or more errors. Most errors appeared iIi journal article titles, followed by errors in authors' names and in pagination. Of the 49 articles examined, only 3 had completely error-free reference lists.
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Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In Kristof (1997), 30.1% of verified references in five entomology journals contained at least one error.
“Yes 30.1% N/A Article title”
From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Kristof (1997)
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- Authors
- Kristof, C.
- Affiliations
- Kent State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kristof, Cindy
- ORCID
- Kristof, Cindy
- Venue
- American Entomologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 246-251
- ISSN
- 1046-2821 (ISSN-L)
- 2155-9902
- OpenAlex
- W1979632078
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Entomologist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Keywords
- citation accuracy, bibliographic references, works cited, citation errors, entomology journals, journal article titles, author names, scientific publishing quality
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