Bavdekar Sandeep B
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Mar;64(3):66-70.
References help readers identify and locate sources used for justifying the need for conducting the research study, verify methods employed in the study and for discussing the interpretation of results and implications of the study. It is extremely essential that references are accurate and complete. This article provides suggestions regarding choosing references and writing reference list. References are a list of sources that are selected by authors to represent the best documents concerning the research study.1 They constitute the foundation of any research paper. Although generally written towards the end of the article-writing process, they are nevertheless extremely important. They provide the context for the hypothesis and help justify the need for conducting the research study. Authors use references to inform readers about the techniques used for conducting the study and convince them about the appropriateness of methodology used. References help provide appropriate perspective in which the research findings should be seen and interpreted. This communication will discuss the purpose of citations, how to select quality sources for citing and the importance of accuracy while writing the reference list.
参考文献帮助读者识别和查找用于证明开展该研究必要性的资料来源，核实研究所采用的方法，并用于讨论研究结果的解释及研究的意义。参考文献准确且完整是极其重要的。本文提供了关于选择参考文献和撰写参考文献列表的建议。参考文献是作者挑选出来的一系列资料来源，用以代表与该研究相关的最佳文献。它们构成了任何一篇研究论文的基础。尽管参考文献通常是在论文撰写过程接近尾声时完成，但它们仍然极为重要。它们为研究假设提供了背景信息，并有助于证明开展该研究的必要性。作者通过参考文献向读者介绍研究所采用的技术，并使读者相信所使用方法的恰当性。参考文献有助于为研究结果的看待和解释提供合适的视角。本交流将讨论引用的目的、如何选择高质量的引用来源以及撰写参考文献列表时准确性的重要性。
