Accuracy of writing of published papers in two biomedical research journals in Tehran, Iran
Objective (s): To evaluate accuracy of writing of published papers in biomedical scientific journals in Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this cross sectional study, all original articles published in two scientific journals in 2010 were evaluated. Different topics of articles, including abstract, introduct...
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doaj-884c474aec9d42bfa8a37913f687d4912020-11-25T03:59:06ZfasIranian Institute for Health Sciences ResearchPayesh1680-76262008-45362014-08-01134497504Accuracy of writing of published papers in two biomedical research journals in Tehran, IranMaasoumeh Heidari0Naser Valaie1 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Midwifery & Nursing, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Mazandaran University of Medical sciences, Sari, Iran Objective (s): To evaluate accuracy of writing of published papers in biomedical scientific journals in Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this cross sectional study, all original articles published in two scientific journals in 2010 were evaluated. Different topics of articles, including abstract, introduction, methods and materials, results, discussion and references were assessed. Totally, 52 items were evaluated and classified as 3 categories of “correct”, “relatively correct” and “incorrect”. Results: Seventy-seven original articles were evaluated in two journals. Accuracy of writing were as follows: 47% correct, 50.5% relatively correct, and 2.5% incorrect. Inaccuracy among incorrect writing articles were: abstract 31.65%t, introduction 35.5%, methods and materials 44%, results 21%, discussion 68.6%, and references 41.35%. Conclusion: The findings suggest that there is considerable inaccuracy in published articles of scientific research journals. Implementation of measures to prevent such scientific mistakes seems necessary.http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-296-en.htmlarticle writingscientific researchtehranmethodologyaccuracy |
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Accuracy of writing of published papers in two biomedical research journals in Tehran, Iran |
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1680-7626 2008-4536 |
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Objective (s): To evaluate accuracy of writing of published papers in biomedical scientific journals in Tehran, Iran.
Methods: In this cross sectional study, all original articles published in two scientific journals in 2010 were evaluated. Different topics of articles, including abstract, introduction, methods and materials, results, discussion and references were assessed. Totally, 52 items were evaluated and classified as 3 categories of “correct”, “relatively correct” and “incorrect”. Results: Seventy-seven original articles were evaluated in two journals. Accuracy of writing were as follows: 47% correct, 50.5% relatively correct, and 2.5% incorrect. Inaccuracy among incorrect writing articles were: abstract 31.65%t, introduction 35.5%, methods and materials 44%, results 21%, discussion 68.6%, and references 41.35%.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that there is considerable inaccuracy in published articles of scientific research journals. Implementation of measures to prevent such scientific mistakes seems necessary. |
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