title: A survey of the accuracy of references in 10 dental journals.
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.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, College of Dental Medicine, Departments of Operative Dentistry and Materials Science, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nuckles
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D007598:Journalism, Dental; D010506:Periodicals as Topic