Reference Inaccuracies in Two Counseling Journals

White, Arden

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.1987.tb00730.x

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“…A search of social work literature has revealed that this is the only study of reference list accuracy in this field. Other fields, however, appear to acknowledge the importance of reference accuracy through a rich knowledge base in their respective bodies of literature, including medicine (De Lacey, Record & Wade, 1985;Evans, Nadjari & Burchell, 1990), nursing (Taylor, 1998), and psychology (Faunce & Job, 2001;White, 1987).…”

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Views of Reference List Accuracy from Social Work Journal Editors and Published Authors

Wilks¹,

Spivey²

2004

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Objective:The study’s purpose was to answer two research questions: (1) In the opinion of social work journal editors, how important is reference list accuracy? and (2)Who is primarily responsible for the accuracy of reference lists published in social work journals? Method: A sample of 119 authors and 26 journal editors was surveyed to ascertain their views on the above questions and additional items. Results: Regarding the importance of reference list accuracy, editors’ responses (Likert scale) averaged between moderately and extremely important. Fifty-three percent of responding editors and 36.5% of authors reported that responsibility is shared between the editor/staff and manuscript authors; the remaining 47% and 63.5%, respectively, responded that responsibility falls upon manuscript authors. Responses from authors, mostly educators, revealed a greater-than-moderate importance (Likert scale) given to instructing students on the accurate construction of reference lists. Implications for social work education and journal publishing are discussed.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Views of Reference List Accuracy from Social Work Journal Editors and Published Authors

Wilks¹,

Spivey²

2004

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“…The present study was conducted in response to concerns that arose from consideration of several studies on reference inaccuracies, most notably Goodrich and Roland (1977), Hartmann (1984), Key and Roland (1977), and Poyer (1979), in addition to several of the studies cited above. White (1986aWhite ( , 1986bWhite ( , 1987aWhite ( , 1987bWhite ( , 1987c also found an alarmingly high average error rate of approximately 40% both across journals and across time. If errors occurred in the references at such a high rate and with such consistency, how accurate were the direct quotations appearing in those journals?…”

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Pass It On: Errors in Direct Quotes in a Sample of Scholarly Journal Articles

Hernandez

White

1989

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Concern has been expressed in the literature over inaccuracies both in reference listings and direct quotes. This study examined one volume year of each of four journals in the social sciences to compare 1,278 quotes against the original sources. Of this total, 89 could not be found and 519 (43.7% of the remaining quotes) had one or more inaccuracies, ranging from trivial punctuation differences to errors that significantly changed the content meaning. Implications as well as suggestions for editors and writers for reducing errors are discussed.T he children sit all in a row. The first child leans over and, as fast as possible, whispers something in the ear of the next child, and then says, "Pass it on!" The second child leans over and, as fast as possible, whispers what 'he or she thinks the message is to the next child, ending with "Pass it on!" The sequence continues until the last child announces the message, and all the children dissolve into giggles over the changes the message has undergone. As young as they are, veteran players know that the longer the line and the faster the whispers, the more chances the message has of becoming garbled, and the funnier the game becomes.The hilarity of the game does not carry over into the realm of research writing, however. The research process requires the researcher to seek out what is already known, synthesize that knowledge, add to it, and "pass it on." No longer, then, are garbled messages the preferred outcome; they are counterproductive, if not destructive.Rules for proper use of direct quotations are included in most researchand writing texts (cf. rules require quotations to be accurate not only in wording, spelling, and internal punctuation but also in meaning and tone. Although the rules may be uniform and ubiquitous, apparently their application is not.De Lacey, Record, and Wade (1985) reported on six medical journals from which they had randomly selected 300 citations and references for verification against the original. They reported errors in 15% of the citations. In response to the de Lacey et al. article, Lowry (1985) reported an even higher error rate (25% inaccurate and another 25% slightly inaccurate) in citations in letters received in one month by the British Medical Journal. A total of 33% of the letters printed in that month by the journal were either slightly inaccurate or inaccurate. Both Glass (1983) and Relman (1983) expressed concern that the letters published by journals were not submitted to the same reviewer scrutiny as were the journal articles. Their concerns were based on the increasing use of letters to present new scientific information rather than to comment on materials already published.

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“…The reference list and the reference citations in the text must match, and the references themselves must be correct. White (1987) found that over 40% of the references in just two refereed national journals contained inaccurate information, and as Martin Ritchie (1995), editor of Counselor Education and Supervision, wrote, "Insufficient or inaccurate literature reviews not only detract from the article, they can make it unpublishable" @. 3).…”

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McGowan¹

1996

The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development

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Reference Inaccuracies in Two Counseling Journals

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Views of Reference List Accuracy from Social Work Journal Editors and Published Authors

Views of Reference List Accuracy from Social Work Journal Editors and Published Authors

Pass It On: Errors in Direct Quotes in a Sample of Scholarly Journal Articles

Reflections on Getting Published

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