Taylor M K
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 62901, USA.
Nurs Res. 1998 Sep-Oct;47(5):300-3. doi: 10.1097/00006199-199809000-00010.
Previous studies have noted the prevalence of errors in journal reference lists, including nursing journals, but an in-depth study of nursing research journals has not been repeated.
The purpose of this study was to determine the number and types of errors in nursing research journal reference lists.
A stratified random sample of 262 references from three nursing research journals was obtained. References were compared with the actual articles, books, and chapters cited, or with photocopies obtained via interlibrary loan. Error rates were calculated.
The overall error rate was 45.8%; 38.3% of all references contained at least one major error, and 13.8% of all references contained at least one minor error.
The overall rate of reference errors falls within the range exhibited by recent studies of the medical and dental literature but exceeds the rates found in studies of nursing journals and veterinary medicine journals. Researchers need to consider the number and types of errors involved when using reference lists in their research.
以往研究已指出期刊参考文献列表中存在错误的情况，包括护理学期刊，但尚未对护理研究期刊进行深入重复研究。
本研究旨在确定护理研究期刊参考文献列表中的错误数量及类型。
从三本护理研究期刊中获取了262条参考文献的分层随机样本。将参考文献与实际引用的文章、书籍和章节进行比对，或与通过馆际互借获得的复印件进行比对。计算错误率。
总体错误率为45.8%；所有参考文献中有38.3%至少包含一处重大错误，13.8%至少包含一处小错误。
参考文献错误的总体发生率处于近期医学和牙医学文献研究显示的范围内，但超过了护理学期刊和兽医学期刊研究中的发生率。研究人员在研究中使用参考文献列表时需要考虑其中错误的数量和类型。
