References - Far from Unirformity: A Preliminary Study.

ABSTRACT

Context – Reference section of the articles being published in various medical journals have got a wide range of variations in the format they follow. The current paper tries to venture into this area and to consider the need and possibly of having a uniform referencing system. Objective – The study aims at identifying the variations in the referencing style followed by various journals. Design – The study included the observation of differences in referencing pattern of journals. Outcome measures – the differences in the pattern of referencing. Results – Inspite of the existing guidelines on writing the references, the journals are far from uniform in this regard.