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Improvement in the accuracy of references in the journal E mergency M edicine A ustralasia
Author(s) -
O'Connor Alan E,
Lukin William,
Eriksson Lars,
O'Connor Colm
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.12030
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , library science , computer science , psychiatry
Objective To study any change in reference accuracy in the A ustralasian emergency medicine journal (now known as E mergency M edicine A ustralasia ), in the 10 years since a previous analysis was undertaken. Method A sample of 100 randomly selected references was compared with the results from the previous analysis. Results There was a significant reduction in the number of citations with errors and in the total number of errors. Conclusion This paper demonstrates a significant improvement in the accuracy of references in the journal E mergency M edicine A ustralasia over the past decade. This paper did not identify the reasons for this improvement, but potential causes might include the introduction of a web‐based peer review and manuscript submission process, as well as improved reference bibliography systems by authors. In addition, an increase in the overall standard of paper submitted to the journal might have contributed to this improvement.