Boya, H (Boya, Hakan); Ozcan, O (Ozcan, Ozal); Mete, AM (Mete, Abdullah M.); Gunal, I (Gunal, Izge) Accuracy of references in journals of hand surgery JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, 39 (2): 174-180 JAN 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

Email Address: hakanboya at yahoo.com 

Author(s): Boya, H (Boya, Hakan); Ozcan, O (Ozcan, Ozal); Mete, AM (Mete, 
Abdullah M.); Gunal, I (Gunal, Izge) 

Title: Accuracy of references in journals of hand surgery 

Source: JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, 39 (2): 174-180 JAN 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: accuracy of references; scientific journals; citation 
errors 

Abstract: Three hundred randomly selected references collected from the 
Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume), the Journal of Hand Surgery 
(British and European Volume), and the British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 
spanizing the years 1998 to 2002, were evaluated for citation errors. 
Forty-four citations across all journals contained errors (14.6 per cent). 
None of the errors made the cited article impossible to retrieve. Ten of 
tire forty-four inaccuracies were incorrect final page numbers. 

Addresses: Dokuz Eylul Univ, TR-35210 Alsancak, Turkey; Dokuz Eylul Univ 
Hosp, Izmir, Turkey 

Cited Reference Count: 10 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC 

Publisher Address: JOURNALS DIVISION, 5201 DUFFERIN ST, DOWNSVIEW, 
TORONTO, ON M3H 5T8, CANADA 

ISSN: 1198-9742 

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