Should all correction notices be open access? | Retraction Watch

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-02-05

Summary:

Chemistry blogger See Arr Oh was a bit irritated one day last week. He’d found a correction in Organometallics, an American Chemical Society (ACS) journal, and the ACS wanted $35 to read it  The Committee on Publication Ethics recommends that all retraction notices be open access, but doesn’t have a stance on whether corrections should be, as far as we know. And to be fair, some corrections — the ones often referred to as errata — are quite minor. Should misspelled names and that sort of thing be subject to the same rules as retractions?  We thought we’d ask Retraction Watch readers what they think. Take our poll, and comment below ..."

Link:

http://retractionwatch.com/2014/02/04/should-all-correction-notices-be-open-access/

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Date tagged:

02/05/2014, 08:10

Date published:

02/05/2014, 03:10