Do authors check their references? A survey of accuracy of references in three public health journals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Eichorn, Alfred Yankauer |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1011-1012 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.77.8.1011 |
| PMID | 3079520 |
| OpenAlex | W1987080342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
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)
Association (psychology) · Citation · Environmental health · Journal of Public Health · Library science · Public health · Public health policy · Sample (material) · Standard error · Statistics · Academic Writing and Publishing · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medical Research and Practices · Medicine · Psychology · Health Policy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2024 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |