Authors alerting readers via PubMed Commons | PubMed Commons Blog

"Journals can issue correction and errata notices to notify readers of errors and, as necessary, revise text and data in publications. Yet these processes can take time. Authors sometimes encounter obstacles to publishing corrections. Some authors use PubMed Commons to alert readers to issues or to refine language and interpretations. Correcting the record via journal notices is important, and it’s great to see authors add speed and transparency with post-publication updates....Journal corrections revise the version of record for a publication, and PubMed Commons does not replace that. But it does offer another way for authors to provide clarifications, point to interim and published corrections, and alert readers to errors quickly. And it’s good to see authors taking advantage of PubMed Commons to pass that information along to the community...."