Stevens Robert B, Hatzenbuehler John R, Dexter William W, Haskins Amy E, Holt Christina T
J Grad Med Educ. 2016 Dec;8(5):767-770. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-16-00059.1.
In 2008, it was shown that 11% of applications to a primary care sports medicine program contained unverifiable citations for publications. In 2009, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine changed the application requirements, requiring proof that all claimed citations (publications and presentations) be included with the fellowship application.
We determined the rate of unverifiable academic citations in applications to primary care sports medicine fellowship programs after proof of citations was required.
We retrospectively examined all applications submitted to 5 primary care sports medicine fellowship programs across the country for 3 academic years (2010-2013), out of 108 to 131 programs per year. For claimed citations that did not include proof of publication or presentation, we attempted to verify them using PubMed and Google Scholar searches, a medical librarian search, and finally directly contacting the publisher or sponsoring conference organization for verification.
Fifteen of 311 applications contained at least 1 unverifiable citation. The total unverifiable rate was 4.8% (15 of 311) for publications and 11% (9 of 85) for presentations. These rates were lower than previously published within the same medical subspecialty.
After requiring proof of publication and presentation citations within applications to primary care sports medicine fellowship programs, unverifiable citations persisted but were less than previously reported.
2008年的研究表明，申请基层医疗运动医学项目的材料中，11%包含无法核实的出版物引用。2009年，美国运动医学学会更改了申请要求，规定在申请奖学金时需提供所有声明引用（出版物和报告）的证明。
我们确定了在要求提供引用证明后，基层医疗运动医学奖学金项目申请中无法核实的学术引用率。
我们回顾性审查了在三个学年（2010 - 2013年）向全国5个基层医疗运动医学奖学金项目提交的所有申请，每年有108至131个项目。对于未包含出版物或报告证明的声明引用，我们尝试通过PubMed和谷歌学术搜索、医学图书馆员搜索，最后直接联系出版商或会议主办组织进行核实。
311份申请中有15份包含至少1条无法核实的引用。出版物的总无法核实率为4.8%（311份中的15份），报告的总无法核实率为11%（85份中的9份）。这些比率低于同一医学亚专业之前公布的比率。
在基层医疗运动医学奖学金项目申请中要求提供出版物和报告引用的证明后，无法核实的引用仍然存在，但低于之前报告的比率。
