Putterman C
Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Isr J Med Sci. 1992 Jul;28(7):465-70.
Results from original studies are not always correctly represented in subsequent medical publications. In this study, randomly selected quotations from Israeli medical journals were examined. Less than 80% of the examined statements were in complete agreement with the original source. In about 7% the cited reference failed to substantiate the previous author's statement. Similar results were found over a range of American and European general and speciality journals. It is concluded that errors in quotation are a widespread problem in the biomedical literature. Editors and peer reviewers can improve quotation accuracy by stressing this issue in decisions regarding publication. Nevertheless, it seems that the most efficient solution would be for authors to increase their vigilance in accurately quoting results and statements from previous publications.
原始研究的结果在随后的医学出版物中并不总是得到正确呈现。在本研究中，对从以色列医学期刊中随机选取的引文进行了检查。不到80%的被检查陈述与原始资料完全一致。约7%的引用参考文献未能证实前一位作者的陈述。在美国和欧洲的一系列综合及专业期刊中也发现了类似结果。得出的结论是，引文错误是生物医学文献中普遍存在的问题。编辑和同行评审人员可以在决定出版事宜时强调这个问题，从而提高引文准确性。然而，似乎最有效的解决办法是作者在准确引用先前出版物的结果和陈述时提高警惕。
