Did you cite your sources? Why bibliography matters
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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
1Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract:
The burgeoning artificial intelligence ecosystem has changed every facet of the landscape of medical research, including the dissemination of results by writing and publishing research papers. The presence of hallucinated (fabricated, inaccurate, or incomplete) references in your bibliography calls into question the basis and validity of your work. In this Perspective, we reiterate the imperative of properly curating the reference list to support each standard section of a research article.
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