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. ..."