Dear Editor
Recently I reviewed a manuscript for Avian Diseases in which the first four references were incorrectly cited. Because I am familiar with the topic of the manuscript, I decided to analyze the cited references in more detail. These references did not cite the original papers, thus denying credit to authors publishing the original description of a pathogen and a new disease. Instead, the credit went to researchers who did not perform the original work. This is an important issue for scientists because being hired or promoted is frequently linked to how well the scientist is recognized in his or her research as evidenced by, for example, the H-index (1,2). Thus, the improper use of citations may negatively impact the author of the original work and positively impact the author who did not do the original work. This is not the first time that I...