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

doi:10.4040/jkan.2008.38.1.180

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Suk, Jang, Park, Kim, Suh, Shin, Yang, Jung, and Chung: Accuracy of References in Eight Nursing Journals in Korea

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008; 38(1): 180-185.

Published online: 29 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.1.180

Accuracy of References in Eight Nursing Journals in Korea

Min-Hyun Suk¹, Hee-Jung Jang², Jeong Sook Park³, Hae-Won Kim⁴, Yeon-Ok Suh⁵, Hyun-Sook Shin⁶, Jin-Hyang Yang⁷, Myun-Sook Jung⁸, Myung-Sill Chung⁹

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 31 July 2007 Accepted 4 January 2008

Abstract

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

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Reference with errors and without errors.

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

Table 4

Errors according to Bibliographical Classification

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