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Accuracy of References in Journal Literature of Medical Sciences: A Review

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Gupta, Vishnu Kumar, Babel, Praveen·2018·IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267)
DOI 10.21013/jmss.v12.n3.p2
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This review of literature presents the accuracy level of references in journal articles related to domain of medical science and its allied subjects. Peer-reviewed journals, which are being indexed in international citation databases and possess high impact factor, have reference errors. Not only journal articles but also the PubMed database contains bibliographic errors. Due to faulty references, task of indexing and abstracting of authors and articles in citation databases becomes troublesome. The high level of reference accuracy makes the scientific writings more reliable and useful which further moves towards the high quality scholarship.

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  • In Gupta and Babel's review, results were often discussed separately for each study and were not placed within a broader summary or trend of findings, which limits the usefulness of the review.

    “Results were often discussed separately for each study and were not placed within a broader summary or trend of findings which limits the usefulness of the review.”

    From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Gupta and Babel, 2018

    Section 2 (Medical Science Literature; page unavailable) discusses studies individually, as the claim describes. But the Background says the review groups studies into subcategories, and the Abstract gives a broad finding that reference errors occur even in peer-reviewed, high-impact journals. The source does not state that its approach limits its usefulness. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • There are only two published reviews on reference accuracy.

    “Despite the number of studies about reference accuracy, there are only two published reviews on the topic (Gupta and Babel, 2018;Wager and Middleton, 2008).”

    From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Gupta and Babel, 2018

    The Abstract identifies Gupta and Babel’s paper as a review of reference accuracy in medical-science literature, so it supports identifying this paper as one published review. Neither the Abstract nor the passages retrieved about other reference-accuracy work establish that only two reviews had been published. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Reference accuracy is typically reported as an error rate that represents the proportion of references with at least one error.

    “Reference accuracy is typically reported as an error rate that represents the proportion of references with at least one error.”

    From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Gupta and Babel, 2018

  • Reference accuracy has been studied across several decades and remains a persistent issue in peer-reviewed publications.

    “Reference accuracy has been studied across several decades and remains a persistent issue in peer-reviewed publications.”

    From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Gupta and Babel, 2018

  • Accurate references are critical for the correct indexing of articles, including author information, in electronic databases.

    “Accurate references are critical for the correct indexing of articles, including author information, in electronic databases (Gupta and Babel, 2018).”

    From Reference accuracy of primary studies published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals: A scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as Gupta and Babel, 2018

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Authors
Gupta, V. K., & Babel, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Rajasthan (IN)
  • Banasthali University (IN)
Corresponding author
Gupta, Vishnu Kumar
ORCID
Venue
IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267)
Publisher
IRA Academico Research
Published
2018-10-10
Volume
12
Issue
3
Pages
62
ISSN
2455-2267 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.21013/jmss.v12.n3.p2
OpenAlex
W2897551631
Cited by
5
References
49
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Institute of Research Advances (Institute of Research Advances Press Of Institute Of Research Advances) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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 errors, citation indexes, PubMed, peer-reviewed journals, abstracting and indexing, citation quality

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