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. 1993 Jan-Feb;18(1):28-32.

A survey of the accuracy of references in 10 dental journals

D B Nuckles  1 , N N Pope, J D Adams
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  • PMID: 8332538

A survey of the accuracy of references in 10 dental journals

D B Nuckles et al. Oper Dent. 1993 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Several studies have evaluated the accuracy of bibliographic citations in the medical literature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of 300 reference citations in 10 dental journals. Thirty references were randomly selected from the January 1991 issue of 10 dental journals, for a total of 300 reference citations. Almost all of the citations were verified from the original source; a few were identified from other library sources. Only two references were unable to be identified, and they were both from foreign journals. This survey found 78% (n = 234) of the citations verified (n = 298) to be correct.

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