Buchanan RA "Accuracy of cited references: The role of citation databases " College & Research Libraries 67(4): 292-303 July 2006.

[Eugene Garfield]

Robert A. Buchanan : E-mail Addresses: buchara at auburn.edu 

Title: Accuracy of cited references: The role of citation databases 

Author(s): Buchanan RA 

Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 67 (4): 292-303 JUL 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 30      Times Cited: 0        

Abstract: 
The nature and extent of errors made by Science Citation Index Expanded 
(TM) (SCIE) and SciFinder (R) Scholar (TM) (SFS) during data entry have 
been characterized by analysis of more than 5,400 cited articles from 204 
randomly selected cited-article lists published in three core chemistry 
journals. Failure to map cited articles to target-source articles was due 
to transcription errors, target-source article errors, omitted cited 
articles, and reason unknown. Mapping error rates ranged from 1.2 to 6.9 
percent. SCIE and SFS also were found to correct errors made by authors in 
cited-article lists roughly one-half and one-sixth of the time, 
respectively. 

KeyWords Plus: JOURNALS; SCIENCE; INACCURACIES; ERRORS 

Addresses: Buchanan RA (reprint author), Auburn Univ, RBD Lib, Auburn, AL 
36849 USA
Auburn Univ, RBD Lib, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
 
E-mail Addresses: buchara at auburn.edu 

Publisher: ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 
USA 
Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE 
IDS Number: 068NF 

ISSN: 0010-0870 

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