title: Effectiveness of a reference accuracy strategy for peer-reviewed journal articles.
abstract: Dissemination of information through peer-reviewed journal articles is an important requirement of success in academia. Despite the importance of publishing articles, about 25% to 45% of articles published in nursing journals have at least 1 reference error in the reference list. The authors discuss the implementation and outcomes of an internal copyeditor strategy aimed at reducing reference inaccuracy in faculty-authored journal articles.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Research Technician (Ms Speck), Associate Professor (Dr St. Pierre Schneider), School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
authors.forename: Kirsten E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Speck
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: St Pierre Schneider
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*