In academic publishing, an expression of concern is a notice issued by a publisher against a particular publication, warning that it may contain errors or be otherwise untrustworthy.
Definitions
Practice for issuing expressions of concern is not standardized across the publishing industry. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors says in its 2019 recommendations that a publisher may choose to issue an expression of concern while an investigation of alleged
scientific misconduct
Scientific misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in the publication of professional scientific research. A '' Lancet'' review on ''Handling of Scientific Misconduct in Scandinavian countrie ...
is ongoing, and pending its outcome.
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Erratum
An erratum or corrigendum (plurals: errata, corrigenda) (comes from la, errata corrige) is a correction of a published text. As a general rule, publishers issue an erratum for a production error (i.e., an error introduced during the publishing pr ...
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Post-publication peer review
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Retractions in academic publishing
In academic publishing, a retraction is the action by which a published paper in an academic journal is removed from the journal.
Procedure
A retraction may be initiated by the editors of a journal, or by the author(s) of the papers (or their ...
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References
*COPE Notes.
*ICMJE.
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