DOI:10.2214/AJR.07.2669
AJR 2007; 189:W384
© American Roentgen Ray Society
Bibliographic Errors
Akshay Kumar Saxena,
Veenu Singla and
Hina Arif Mumtaz
Post Graduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research,
Chandigarh, India
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We read with interest the article, "Bilateral Inferior Petrosal
Sinuses Sampling in the Routine Investigation of Cushing's Syndrome: A
Comparison with MRI," by Kaskarelis and colleagues
[1]. However, while searching
for cross references, we realized that five (16.7%) of the 30 references
contained errors. These references were listed as numbers 2, 14, 26, 28, and
29. The initial four of these references involved errors in the names of the
authors, while the last one had an error involving the year of publication.
All of these were typing errors that probably escaped the scrutiny of the
authors.
Bibliographic errors are not alien to the American Journal of
Roentgenology or other medical journals
[2], and a large volume of data
are available in the literature on this problem. Recently, a strategy has been
described that uses PubMed
(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.com)
for eliminating these typing errors
[3]. We are sure many readers
are already using this strategy. However, this practice is not universal, as
is evident from the continuing typing errors in medical literature. We
recommend wide use of this strategy to minimize errors in bibliography.
References
- Kaskarelis IS, Tsatalou EG, Benakis SV, et al. Bilateral inferior
petrosal sinuses sampling in the routine investigation of Cushing's syndrome:
a comparison with MRI. AJR 2006;187
: 562-570[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Hansen ME, McIntire DD. Reference citations in radiology: accuracy
and appropriateness of use in two major journals. AJR1994; 163:719
-723.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Ghai B, Saxena AK, Makkar JK. A guide to reducing citation errors
in bibliographies. Emerg Med J 2007;24
: 232-233[Free Full Text]
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