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Continuous development of electronic information technology has brought out the era of information overload where we can easily access and use countless data sources through data mining. The journals in the field of dentistry have been evaluated as the most cited scholarly journals by the evaluation system called Korea Citation Index (KCI) Journal. Sometimes, the credibility of cited bibliography, as sources for submitted papers that have used only the regulations needed for publication, is very low. I confess that there are cases where examination results are declared even though the bibliography sources lack credibility. In particular, when I submit a master’s thesis to an academic journal, I ask myself if I have described the major contents based on reliable cited bibliography. During a bibliographic search using key words or a search system, unnecessary data are often included. Moreover, with the increase of data, searching for required information within a short time span becomes difficult. I particularly encounter this issue whenever I face evidence-based systematic reviews or descriptions of quotation grounds of metaanalyses data. Preference of credible bibliography will be the basis of wide utilization among all interested researchers.
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