Inaccurate Citations Are Prevalent Within Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the peer-reviewed orthopaedic sports medicine literature for reference errors within 2 high-impact journals.

Methods

In total, 769 references with 1,082 in-line citations were assessed from 20 randomly selected peer-reviewed articles published in 2 high-impact orthopaedic sports medicine journals, Arthroscopy and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Full-text copies of references were obtained through online literature subscription databases. Two investigators evaluated each citation for agreement between the reference's study design, methods, data, discussion, and conclusion with the citing authors' claims. Error rates, interobserver agreement, and association between error rates and journal demographics were assessed.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Homeier D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839601 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature