Adhikari P
GMS Memorial Academy of ENT and Head and Neck Studies, TU Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nepal Med Coll J. 2009 Jun;11(2):130-2.
This study was done to observe the accuracy of references in articles published in indexed journals of Nepal. There were 30 references randomly selected from three indexed journals of Nepal published between January 2007 and December 2008. Nepal Medical College Journal (NMCJ), Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA) and Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ) were selected as they are only indexed journals of Nepal. References were examined in details by dividing them into six components and they were compared with the original. References not cited from indexed journals were excluded. Statistical analysis was done by using frequency and percentage. Results shows that 11.6% references in NMCJ, 11.1% references in JNMA and 23.3% references in KUMJ were inaccurate. Most common errors in all three journals include author's name and journal name. Errors in citing the references are also found in the indexed journals of Nepal, KUMJ citing the highest percentage of errors. The majority of errors are avoidable. So, the authors, editors and reviewers have to check for any errors seriously before publication in the journal.
本研究旨在观察尼泊尔索引期刊上发表文章中参考文献的准确性。从2007年1月至2008年12月期间出版的尼泊尔三本索引期刊中随机选取了30篇参考文献。尼泊尔医学院学报（NMCJ）、尼泊尔医学协会杂志（JNMA）和加德满都大学医学杂志（KUMJ）被选中，因为它们是尼泊尔仅有的索引期刊。参考文献被详细分为六个部分进行检查，并与原文进行比较。未引用索引期刊的参考文献被排除。采用频率和百分比进行统计分析。结果显示，NMCJ中11.6%的参考文献、JNMA中11.1%的参考文献以及KUMJ中23.3%的参考文献不准确。所有三本期刊中最常见的错误包括作者姓名和期刊名称。尼泊尔的索引期刊中也存在参考文献引用错误，KUMJ的错误率最高。大多数错误是可以避免的。因此，作者、编辑和审稿人在期刊发表前必须认真检查是否存在任何错误。
