Gupta Piyush, Yadav Mukesh, Mohta Anup, Choudhury Panna
Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi-110 095, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2005 Feb;42(2):140-5.
To determine the accuracy of references published in Indian Pediatrics, we reviewed the reference lists appended to the original articles published in Indian Pediatrics during the year 2002 (volume 39) for citation and quotation accuracy. A total of 176 references out of 322 cited in 17 original articles could be retrieved from available resources. Errors of citation were found in 69 (39.27 percent) references while errors of quotation were found in 15 (8.6 percent) references. The most common errors were those in the name of authors and title of the article. Contributors should make serious efforts to check the accuracy of the references cited in their manuscripts.
为确定发表于《印度儿科学》杂志参考文献的准确性，我们查阅了该杂志2002年（第39卷）发表的原创文章所附参考文献列表，以检查引用和引述的准确性。在17篇原创文章中引用的322条参考文献中，共有176条可从现有资源中检索到。69条（39.27%）参考文献存在引用错误，15条（8.6%）参考文献存在引述错误。最常见的错误是作者姓名和文章标题方面的错误。作者应认真检查其稿件中引用参考文献的准确性。
