Toward fulfilling the aspirational goal of science as self‐correcting: A call for editorial courage and diligence for error correction
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- Authors
- Vorland, C. J., Brown, A. W., Ejima, K., Mayo‐Wilson, E., Valdez, D., & Allison, D. B.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Allison, David B.
- Venue
- European Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-01-18
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e13190-e13190
- ISSN
- 0014-2972 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2362
- PMC
- PMC7422661
- OpenAlex
- W2992292486
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- European Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (U24AG056053, P30AG050886)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R25HL124208)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Keywords
- error correction, scientific self-correction, editorial responsibility, peer review, research errors, scientific integrity
- MeSH terms
- Scientific Experimental Error, Goals, Humans, Publishing, Retraction of Publication as Topic, Correspondence as Topic, Editorial Policies, Courage
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