Major bibliographic errors in PubMed: personal experience among 240 publications and proposed remediation process for errors

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  • Mitchell S. Cappell Chief of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, William Beaumont Hospital, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, 3535 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073

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Letter to the Editor, PubMed

Abstract

Although substantial data exist on errors in bibliographic citations in journal articles [1], literature review reveals no data on errors in bibliographic citations in PubMed. Yet bibliographic errors in PubMed are much more important than errors in individual journals. PubMed is a ubiquitous literature search engine. Errors in PubMed could render articles inaccessible to researchers or clinicians performing computerized literature searches.

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2016-01-01

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Letter to the Editor