Blind citations

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3911379

Abstract

Las citas que se utilizan en los artículos son una parte integral de los mismos, dando soporte a afirmaciones, comparaciones y datos. No obstante, a menudo esos trabajos citados no son leídos por aquellos que los citan, en el mejor de los casos la lectura se limita a los resúmenes recogidos en bases de datos o simplemente se citan al oído, transcribiendo lo que otros autores usan en sus introducciones o discusiones, o aplicando razonamientos lógicos, que no tienen por qué ser correctos. Esto, que es una evidente mala práctica científica, lleva a la introducción y perpetuación de errores en la literatura científica.
Para ilustrar este problema, voy a poner varios ejemplos, fáciles de constatar, usando un clásico de la temática de resistencia a antibióticos; seguro que la mayoría lo conocemos: La beta-lactamasa “TEM”.

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Kasmera Vol 48 N2 2020
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