{"id":1846,"date":"2015-06-08T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2015-08-05T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T14:20:16","slug":"scielo-updates-the-guide-for-publication-of-errata-and-retractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/2015\/06\/08\/scielo-updates-the-guide-for-publication-of-errata-and-retractions\/","title":{"rendered":"SciELO updates the guide for publication of errata and retractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Abel L Packer and Eliana Salgado<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adapted photo from the original: Carl Guderian<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Articles and other types of documents published by journals may contain inaccuracies that have not been detected in the evaluation and editorial process and are revealed after publication. In these cases, the system of scientific communication standards and control mechanisms that ensures the correctness and completeness of the research and its communication has two main procedures for rectification according to the type, severity and implications of the incorrectness detected. The first is the publication of an erratum<\/em> (or corrigendum<\/em>), which recognizes one or more errors and corrects them, so that the document, corrected, remains active. The second is to publish a retraction, which recognizes one or more involuntary or intentional inaccuracies, such as the occurrence of plagiarism, use of inadequate methodology, presentation of manufactured, manipulated or irreproducible data or images, that invalidate the conclusions. Retraction almost always invalidates the article.<\/p>\n

Both procedures take place with the publication of a new document, classified as erratum<\/em> or retraction<\/em>, which registers the correction of the error or the reason for the article\u2019s retraction always referring to the original. This new document has its own identity and follows with the same indexing of the original article. In the case of errata, the original document is maintained and at the end of it, the correction is registered referring to the document that published the erratum<\/em>. In case of retractions, the original document is replaced by a message stating that it has been retracted, referring to the retraction document.<\/p>\n

Therefore, an article of a SciELO journal will have the following records in the event of an erratum<\/em> or retraction<\/em>:<\/p>\n