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Reference accuracy in articles accepted for publication in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

PubMedPublished 1 March 1977
James D. Key, Charles G. Roland
Citations45

TL;DR

Error rates and types of errors found in bibliographies of 129 articles accepted for publication by the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were carefully checked over a 13-month period.

Abstract

Error rates and types of errors found in bibliographies of 129 articles accepted for publication by the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were carefully checked over a 13-month period. Verification is done before publication by the Archives. Of a total of 1.867 reference citations, 1.005 (54%) were incorrect and 115 (6%) could not be verified.

Keywords

Decision SciencesHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities