Research Integrity and Peer Review ( IF 7.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 , DOI: 10.1186/s41073-020-00099-8 Mohammad Hosseini 1 , Martin Paul Eve 2 , Bert Gordijn 1 , Cameron Neylon 3
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Background
Inaccurate citations are erroneous quotations or instances of paraphrasing of previously published material that mislead readers about the claims of the cited source. They are often unaddressed due to underreporting, the inability of peer reviewers and editors to detect them, and editors’ reluctance to publish corrections about them. In this paper, we propose a new tool that could be used to tackle their circulation.
Methods
We provide a review of available data about inaccurate citations and analytically explore current ways of reporting and dealing with these inaccuracies. Consequently, we make a distinction between publication (i.e., first occurrence) and circulation (i.e., reuse) of inaccurate citations. Sloppy reading of published items, literature ambiguity and insufficient quality control in the editorial process are identified as factors that contribute to the publication of inaccurate citations. However, reiteration or copy-pasting without checking the validity of citations, paralleled with lack of resources/motivation to report/correct inaccurate citations contribute to their circulation.
Results and discussion
We propose the development of an online annotation tool called “MyCites” as means with which to mark and map inaccurate citations. This tool allows ORCID users to annotate citations and alert authors (of the cited and citing articles) and also editors of journals where inaccurate citations are published. Each marked citation would travel with the digital version of the document (persistent identifiers) and be visible on websites that host peer-reviewed articles (journals’ websites, Pubmed, etc.). In the future development of MyCites, challenges such as the conditions of correct/incorrect-ness and parties that should adjudicate that, and, the issue of dealing with incorrect reports need to be addressed.
中文翻译：
MyCites：一项标记和报告学术出版物中不准确引用的提案
背景
不准确的引用是对先前发表的材料的错误引用或释义，误导读者关于所引用来源的主张。由于报告不足、同行评审员和编辑无法发现这些问题以及编辑不愿发表有关这些问题的更正，这些问题往往没有得到解决。在本文中，我们提出了一种可用于解决其流通问题的新工具。
方法
我们对有关不准确引用的现有数据进行了审查，并分析探讨了当前报告和处理这些不准确之处的方法。因此，我们对不准确引用的发表（即首次出现）和流通（即重复使用）进行了区分。发表文章的草率阅读、文献模糊性和编辑过程中质量控制不足被认为是导致发表不准确引用的因素。然而，在没有检查引文有效性的情况下进行重复或复制粘贴，同时缺乏报告/纠正不准确引文的资源/动机，都会导致其传播。
结果与讨论
我们建议开发一种名为“MyCites”的在线注释工具，作为标记和映射不准确引用的手段。该工具允许 ORCID 用户对引文进行注释，并提醒作者（被引文和施引文章）以及发表不准确引文的期刊编辑。每个标记的引文都将与文档的数字版本（持久标识符）一起传播，并且在托管同行评审文章的网站（期刊网站、Pubmed 等）上可见。在MyCites未来的发展中，需要解决诸如正确/不正确的条件、判定主体、以及错误报告的处理问题等挑战。
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