Table 6.
Factors associated with occurrence of chains of inaccurate citations
| Independent variable | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | p | b | SE | p | ||
| Review article | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.105 | ||||
| Time to citation (years) | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.073 | ||||
| Number of authors | −0.09 | 0.00 | <0.001 | ||||
| Self-citation | −0.76 | 0.38 | 0.045 | −0.69 | 0.38 | 0.070 | |
| Impact factor, Yes | −0.39 | 0.26 | 0.132 | ||||
| Citation style | −0.20 | 0.29 | 0.483 | ||||
| Number of citations of source article, >1 | −0.09 | 0.19 | 0.657 | ||||
| Reference count | 0.39 | 0.12 | <0.001 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.001 | |
Data were analyzed by multilevel regression models for binary data, with citation inaccuracy (yes vs. no) as the dependent variable.
b, regression coefficient; SE, standard error; p, p-value