Ann Dermatol.  1995 Jul;7(3):227-230. 10.5021/ad.1995.7.3.227.

A Survey of Accuracy of Reference Citations in Two Korean Dermatologyical Journals

• Lee SY
• Lee JS
• Kim YK

• KMID: 2361375
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1995.7.3.227

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The reference list is an important part of a scientific article. To be useful it must be accurate.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of reference citations in the Korean Journal of Dermatology and the Annals of Dermatology.
METHODS
We randomly selected 200 references (100 references from Korean language journals and 100 references from foreign language journals) from the Korean Journal of Dermatology and 100 references from the Annals of Dermatology and checked them against the .original articles.
RESULTS
The overall rate of citation error was 32%, and errors in the title and author names of the citation were common, each occurring in about two fifths of the citation errors.
CONCLUSION
This study shows that the rate of citation errors is unacceptably high in the Korean Journal of Dermatology and the Annals of Dermatology, which significantly diminishes the value of the reference list.

Keyword

Annals of Dermatology; Citation errors; Korean Journal of Dermatology

MeSH Terms

Dermatology*