Autores: Neal Smith1,† and Aaron Cumberledge2 Resumen Duetotheincrementalnatureofscientificdiscovery, scientificwritingrequiresextensivereferencingtothe writingsofothers.Theaccuracyofthisreferencing isvital,yeterrorsdooccur.Theseerrorsarecalled ‘quotationerrors’.Thispaperpresentsthefirst assessmentofquotationerrorsinhigh-impactgeneral sciencejournals.Atotalof250randomcitations wereexamined.Thepropositionsbeingcitedwere comparedwiththereferencedmaterialstoverify whetherthepropositionscouldbesubstantiatedby thosematerials.Thestudyfoundatotalerrorrateof 25%.Thisresulttrackswellwitherrorratesfoundin similarstudiesinotheracademicfields.Additionally, severalsuggestionsareofferedthatmayhelpto decreasetheseerrorsandmakesimilarstudiesmore feasibleinthefuture. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0538
