The First Ten Volumes.
Abstract
Abdurrahman M B
Summary: The first ten volumes of the Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics were reviewed with the purpose of assessing, among other things, characteristics of the published papers, use or misuse of statistics and the quality of the publications. There were 26 issues over a ten-year period, with 131 papers and 284 authors, giving an average of two authors per paper. More than half of the papers were descriptive in nature and there were few editorials and review or special articles. Statistical error was detected in 17 instances. Fifteen out of 102 papers were assessed to be of low quality. The main weakness was in methodology and in presentation of results. The Journal achieved some, but not all of its objectives.
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