Citation accuracy: a case study on definition of the grey water footprint

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/11/1/8" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/11/1/8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications11010008" target="_blank" >10.3390/publications11010008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Citation accuracy: a case study on definition of the grey water footprint

Original language description

Citing sources is an important part of any research paper. A number of studies in the past have dealt with discrepancies or errors in citations. The citation errors range from several percent to tens of percent. Although in most cases, these are minor formal inconsistencies that do not prevent tracing the source used, there are cases where the citations are incorrect or refer to non-existent articles. In this study, an analysis of the citation of the grey water footprint definition was conducted. The water footprint concept was introduced in 2002 as a methodology for the description of quantity aspects linked to water use in the life cycle. The grey water footprint, which represents the quality aspects of water use, was added to the water footprint concept later on. In this study, almost 300 articles that provide a definition of the grey water footprint and are indexed in the Scopus database were reviewed. More than two-thirds of the articles added the definition by citing the source. Only 3.5% of the citing articles contained an incorrect citation that could be considered a significant error. Although this is a low number, these significant errors have been appearing only in recent years. This suggests the possibility that the percentage of errors could gradually increase as the use of grey water footprint expands in practice. In the first period (up to 2017), only the grey water footprint originators are cited. From 2017 onwards, papers not written by the originators of the grey water footprint idea are also cited.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20701 - Environmental and geological engineering, geotechnics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Publications

ISSN

2304-6775

e-ISSN

2304-6775

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

11010008

UT code for WoS article

000959088300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85151071672