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When things go wrong: correcting the scientific record
Author(s) -
Pulverer Bernd
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.201570080
Subject(s) - biology , process (computing) , data science , quality (philosophy) , mechanism (biology) , action (physics) , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
A reliable scientific literature is crucial for an efficient research process. Peer review remains a highly successful quality assurance mechanism, but it does not always prevent data and image aberrations and the publication of flawed data. Journals need to be in a position to detect such problems and take proportionate action. Publishers should apply consistent policies to correcting the published literature and adopt versioning. The scientific community ought to encourage corrections.