Open AccessReference management: A critical element of scientific writing
Author(s) -
Arunava Kali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 2231-4040
pISSN - 0976-2094
DOI - 10.4103/2231-4040.169875
Subject(s) - disk formatting , scientific writing , medical writing , computer science , component (thermodynamics) , overtime , citation , software , automatic summarization , data science , information retrieval , medical education , world wide web , medicine , political science , art , physics , literature , law , thermodynamics , programming language , operating system
With the rapid growth of medical science, the number of scientific writing contributing to medical literature has increased significantly in recent years. Owing to considerable variation of formatting in different citation styles, strict adherence to the accurate referencing manually is labor intensive and challenging. However, the introduction of referencing tools has decreased the complexity to a great extent. These software have advanced overtime to include newer features to support effective reference management. Since scientific writing is an essential component of medical curriculum, it is imperative for medical graduates to understand various referencing systems to effectively make use of these tools in their dissertations and future researches.