Raja U Y, Cooper J G
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
Emerg Med J. 2006 Aug;23(8):625-6. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.022103.
To determine the accuracy of references in Emergency Medicine Journal during 2003.
All references cited in Emergency Medicine Journal during 2003 were examined carefully, and the accuracy of the citations was checked against reliable electronic and manual resources. References were categorised as correct or incorrect. The errors were classified as minor if the integrity of the reference was not greatly compromised and major if the error severely detracted from the quality of the reference.
Overall, errors were found in 19% of all citations checked (n = 2561), and in 8% the errors were major and markedly detracted from the quality of the reference.
Citation errors reflect badly on authors and the publishing journal and may reflect underlying flaws in other areas of the research published. It is hoped that identification of this problem will lead to attempts to improve the accuracy of reference citation in the emergency medicine literature and to an improvement in the credibility of research in our specialty.
确定2003年《急诊医学杂志》参考文献的准确性。
仔细检查了《急诊医学杂志》2003年引用的所有参考文献，并对照可靠的电子资源和人工资源检查了引用的准确性。参考文献分为正确或错误两类。如果参考文献的完整性没有受到严重损害，则将错误分类为小错误；如果错误严重降低了参考文献的质量，则分类为大错误。
总体而言，在所有检查的引用文献中（n = 2561），有19%发现错误，其中8%的错误为大错误，显著降低了参考文献的质量。
引用错误会给作者和发表期刊带来不良影响，也可能反映出所发表研究其他领域潜在的缺陷。希望识别出这个问题将促使人们努力提高急诊医学文献中参考文献引用的准确性，并提高我们专业研究的可信度。
