RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The accuracy of references in paediatric journals
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 497
OP 498
DO 10.1136/adc.85.6.497
VO 85
IS 6
A1 A Vargas-Origel
A1 G Gómez-Martínez
A1 M A Vargas-Nieto
YR 2001
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/6/497.abstract
AB We analysed the reference error rate of four paediatric journals. The overall rate was 29.7%. Individual rates were as follows: Acta Paediatr 36%,Arch Dis Child 22%, J Pediatr 29%, Pediatrics 32%; the rate of major errors was 1%, 1%, 2%, and 4%, respectively.