Abstract
Accuracy of references in the ophthalmic literature
Highlights
The practice of citing previously published work to support current investigations is one of the foundations of medical literature
According to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, ‘‘Readers should ... be provided with direct references to original research sources wherever possible’’ [1]
Peer review and editing guarantee the accuracy and relevancy of the scientific information presented in a paper, and the same measures should be applied to the references
Summary
The practice of citing previously published work to support current investigations is one of the foundations of medical literature. It places an article in a context, builds on prior work, establishes credibility, and leads readers to additional resources on the topic. The authors of this article both work in ophthalmic libraries and were interested in the accuracy of this literature and how it would compare to other medical fields. The authors were interested in how different publishers dealt with reference accuracy and how this affected the error rates. The assumption was that the more thorough the checking process, the smaller the error rate among references in the published articles
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