University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Mar;119(3):498-503. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31824605fc.
To estimate the rate of erroneous and unverifiable publications in applications for an obstetrics and gynecology residency and to determine whether there were associated characteristics that could assist in predicting which applicants are more likely to erroneously cite their publications.
This was a review of the Electronic Residency Application Service applications submitted to the University of Washington obstetrics and gynecology residency for the 2008 and 2009 matches. Publications reported to be peer-reviewed articles and abstracts were searched by querying PubMed, Google, and journal archives (first tier), topic-specific databases (second tier), and by e-mailing journal editors (third tier). Errors were categorized as minor, major, and unverified.
Five-hundred forty-six (58%) of 937 applicants listed a total of 2,251 publication entries. Three-hundred fifty-three applicants (37.7%) listed 1,000 peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts, of which 751 were reported as published and 249 as submitted or accepted. Seven-hundred seventy (77.0%) publications were found by a first-tier search, 51 (5.1%) were found by a second-tier search, 23 (2.3%) were found by a third-tier search, and 156 (15.6%) were unverified. Of the 353 applicants listing peer-reviewed articles or abstracts, 25.5% (90 of 353) committed major errors, 12.5% (44 of 353) committed minor errors, and 24.1% (85 of 353) had articles or abstracts that were unverified.
Most applicants reported their publications accurately or with minor errors; however, a concerning number of applicants had major errors in their citations or reported articles that could not be found, despite extensive searching. Reported major and unverified publication errors are common and should cause concern for our specialty, medical schools, and our entire medical profession.
评估妇产科住院医师申请中错误和无法核实的出版物的比例，并确定是否存在相关特征可以帮助预测哪些申请人更有可能错误引用其出版物。
这是对 2008 年和 2009 年华盛顿大学妇产科住院医师匹配申请的电子住院医师申请服务申请的审查。通过查询 PubMed、Google 和期刊档案（第一级）、特定主题数据库（第二级）以及通过电子邮件向期刊编辑查询（第三级），搜索报告为同行评议文章和摘要的出版物。错误分为轻微、重大和无法核实。
937 名申请人中的 546 名（58%）共列出了 2251 项出版物。353 名申请人（37.7%）列出了 1000 篇同行评议期刊文章和摘要，其中 751 篇被报告为已发表，249 篇为提交或接受。一级搜索发现了 770 篇出版物（77.0%），二级搜索发现了 51 篇（5.1%），三级搜索发现了 23 篇（2.3%），156 篇（15.6%）无法核实。在列出同行评议文章或摘要的 353 名申请人中，25.5%（90/353）犯了重大错误，12.5%（44/353）犯了轻微错误，24.1%（85/353）的文章或摘要无法核实。
大多数申请人准确或仅存在轻微错误地报告了他们的出版物；然而，尽管进行了广泛的搜索，仍有相当数量的申请人在他们的引用中存在重大错误或报告了无法找到的文章，这令人担忧。报告的主要和无法核实的出版物错误很常见，应该引起我们专业、医学院校和整个医学界的关注。
