BMJ Group: Biomedical Authors Often Call a Reference "Recent" -- Even When It is Decades Old, Analysis Shows
December 13, 2025
December 13, 2025
LONDON, England, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about their journal "The BMJ":
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Biomedical authors often call a reference "recent" -- even when it is decades old, analysis shows
Almost 1 in 5 "recent" references in biomedical articles are at least 10 years old, suggesting the term is less a measure of time than a narrative device, say researchers
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Authors in biom . . .
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Biomedical authors often call a reference "recent" -- even when it is decades old, analysis shows
Almost 1 in 5 "recent" references in biomedical articles are at least 10 years old, suggesting the term is less a measure of time than a narrative device, say researchers
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Authors in biom . . .