Reference Accuracy in Four Respiratory Medical Journals

Reference accuracy in four respiratory medical journals.

The citation error numbers are recorded as number and percentage according to the error grade. The total number of citations with errors among all published journals was 103 (25.8%). The number of references with errors ranged from the lowest error rate of 22% for the European Respiratory Journal to the highest of 31% recorded for the Respiratory Medicine and bibliographically classified errors...

Accuracy of references: comparison between two premier Pakistani medical journals.

OBJECTIVE To compare two premier Pakistani medical journals for errors in references of original articles published in the year 2008. METHODS All original articles of the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association and the Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan published in 2008 were included in the study. References pertaining to journals were included in the study, whereas r...

Evaluation of accuracy, precision and consensus of four laboratory glucose measurement kits with reference method

Abstract         Background and Objective: According to recent changes in diagnostic criteria for diabetes, the harmonization of results obtained from various methods and systems by considering their accuracy and precision is essential. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy, precision and consensus of some routine laboratory glucose kits in co...

STATISTICS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS OF IRAN

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