PLoS Biology (Mar 2022)

Correction of scientific literature: Too little, too late!

  • Lonni Besançon,
  • Elisabeth Bik,
  • James Heathers,
  • Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001572
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 3
p. e3001572

Abstract

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the limitations of the current scientific publication system, in which serious post-publication concerns are often addressed too slowly to be effective. In this Perspective, we offer suggestions to improve academia's willingness and ability to correct errors in an appropriate time frame.