Scientists are getting proactive about self-corrections

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-04-14

Summary:

"Journals pin corrections on scientific articles for all sorts of reasons — from the mundane, like minor typos and wording changes, to the significant, such as errors that warrant a detailed explanation.

But the process for correcting a published article can be needlessly burdensome and time-consuming, and stories abound of scientists trying to do the right thing, noting a minor error or update to their own work, but facing hurdles — from delays to flat out denials from journals.

Now, some researchers have decided to take matters into their own hands, using a comment feature on the widely used PubMed site. ..."

Link:

https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/13/corrections-pubmed-science-journals/

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oa.new oa.medicine oa.pubmed_commons oa.dynamic

Date tagged:

04/14/2017, 09:11

Date published:

04/14/2017, 05:11