Questions tagged [errors-erratum]
On errors found after submission or publication in a book, paper, thesis, or other document, and erratum (written notice of errors and corrections) for them.
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Should I retract my submission to a CS conference after finding a couple of errors in manuscript?
I spotted two errors in my submission post-deadline for the first round of review (the next and final round is a rebuttal round where we can address the reviewers' comments). The errors are as follows:...
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Should I use an author's code made available on request to help retract their highly cited paper?
I am working on an ML-based problem for my undergrad thesis, based on an experimental dataset and prediction results published in a paper two years ago by an associate prof. in a very high ranking ...
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Found significant flaw in my arXiv version paper: what should I do?
I found a significant flaw in my arXiv paper which quite impacts a major part of the conclusion, the paper has not been published anywhere but it has received citations to the arXiv version. Here are ...
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Found an error in data after conference paper submission deadline [duplicate]
I submitted a paper to a top conference in my field. I found an error in my data several hours before the deadline. I tried to resubmit. However, the submission website required checking my paper ...
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Addressing Errors in Master's Thesis Results and Potential Impact on Degree
I recently completed a Master's course in the UK, during which I submitted a dissertation in June 2023 on machine learning. Unfortunately, I was dealing with some personal issues at the time, which ...
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When is an Erratum needed?
A typo, a spelling error etc., in a published paper is definitely not enough for issuing an erratum.
If a mistake destroys a main result, then an erratum is definitely necessary.
What about cases in ...
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Found critical errors in my master‘s thesis after officially submitting
I submitted my master‘s thesis a few days ago. The official deadline is next Friday.
Today I spotted some serious issues in my thesis. In particular, in my main theorem and the main proposition that ...
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Using a published paper which has some errors
I have prepared a paper in which I am going to use a set of calculations ( 3 calculations) in my previously published work. In my previously published work I found that one of my calculations was ...
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Is peer-reviewing lighter in ACM-SIAM proceedings?
I am having problems understanding some inequalities proved in a paper from the 2019 Proceedings of SODA (annual symposium organized by ACM and SIAM). These proceedings are very helpful and I do not ...
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What should I do after I found a coding mistake in my masters thesis? [duplicate]
I graduated 3 years ago and defendeded my master's thesis without any problem. Since recently, I am planning to go back to academia, so my former advisor and I are working together to publish my ...
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How do I go about correcting numbers in my accepted conference paper?
I have submitted a working paper to a conference. The working paper was accepted and I was asked to submit the final version.
During further data analysis I noticed a small error in my code (...
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How are the effects of published errors accounted for?
Imagine a researcher publishing a paper that contains a key error in some fact or figure. This error slips through review and ends up being cited in future papers. Later, the original researcher ...
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What can/should I do when finding several flaws in a published paper that I have not authored?
I recently read a paper that was full of small errors that should have been pointed out during peer review but very obviously hadn't. Issues like the following
insufficient information in the methods ...
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Made a huge mistake in my bachelor's thesis
I recently submitted my thesis and also defended it successfully. But then I found mistakes in the statistical analyses of my research.
When I was doing my bachelor's there was no biostatistics in my ...
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Missed a citation which has a solution to the problem that I worked on
About 4 years ago, before I started my PhD, I published a paper which used a method to improve an existing result. There were 2 papers on the existing result and method which I used for my work and ...
