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Accuracy of References in Eight Nursing Journals in Korea
Min-Hyun Suk, Hee-Jung Jang, Jeong Sook Park, Hae-Won Kim, Yeon-Ok Suh, Hyun-Sook Shin, Jin-Hyang Yang, Myun-Sook Jung, Myung-Sill Chung
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008;38(1):180-185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.1.180
Published online: February 29, 2008

1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Pochon CHA University, Sungnam, Korea.

2Professor, Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.

3Professor, College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.

4Professor, Department of Nursing, Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea.

5Professor, Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.

6Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea.

7Professor, Department of Nursing, Inje University, Busan, Korea.

8Professor, College of Nursing, Geongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

9Professor, College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Jang, Hee-Jung. Division of Nursing, Hallym University, 39 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea. Tel: 82-33-248-2720, Fax: 82-33-251-7039, hjjang@hallym.ac.kr
• Received: July 31, 2007   • Accepted: January 4, 2008

Copyright © 2008 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was to investigate the reference accuracy in major nursing journals in Korea.
  • Methods
    The references in articles from eight nursing journals from 2006 were compared with PubMed for authors, year, title, journal, volume, and page accuracy. Four hundred sixty-six references were reviewed. Errors were classified as major or minor and categorized by bibliographic headings (author, title, journal, year, volume and page).
  • Results
    Of the 466 references, 223 (47.9%) had citation errors. The reference error rates ranged from 28.6% to 58.7%. Most errors occurred in the author element (37.9%), followed by title (20.9%), journal (19.0%), page (13.9%), volume (5.9%), and year (2.4%).
  • Conclusion
    This study identified a considerable error rate in the references of nursing journals. Inaccuracy of references is a reflection on scholarly work of authors and journals. Authors and Editorial committees are responsible for the accuracy of references.
  • Keywords: Reference; Accuracy
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Reference with errors and without errors.
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References with Errors and without Errors
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Errors according to Bibliographical Classification
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      Accuracy of References in Eight Nursing Journals in Korea

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      References with Errors and without Errors

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      Errors according to Bibliographical Classification
      Table 1 Criteria of Analysis

      Table 2 References with Errors and without Errors

      Table 3 The Number of References with Major and Minor Error among Reviewed References

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