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. 2023 Nov 13;23:864. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04832-x

Table 4.

The types and frequencies of reference errors

Types of errors N1/N2 (%)
A Reference URLs linked to a wrong page or a ‘404 page not available’ (N1) among total references listed (N2) 191/274 (69.7)
B The authors not found on PubMed, Amazon (for books), or Google (N1) among the authors appearing in the references (N2) 59/350 (16.9)
C Incorrectly titled articles or books (N1) among the references (N2) 148/152 (97.4)