All Questions
Tagged with publications errors-erratum
138
questions
19
votes
5
answers
5k
views
I found a counterexample to one of the intermediate assertions in a proof but not (necessarily) to the overall result – how to publish this?
I am working on a paper which builds upon work from a paper from the 1980s.
In that paper, a result of the form A < B < C is claimed in generality and is necessary for the proof of a result.
I ...
- 682
14
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Is it appropriate to report mistakes in an engineering paper which makes unsupported claims?
I was given a paper to build off of for engineering research. The paper was published in a high impact journal but happens to be written very sloppily in the following sense.
The proof of a central ...
- 682
32
votes
13
answers
23k
views
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 ...
- 423
14
votes
4
answers
6k
views
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 ...
- 411
0
votes
1
answer
183
views
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 ...
- 3,576
0
votes
1
answer
101
views
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 (...
- 1
3
votes
1
answer
369
views
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 ...
- 31
2
votes
1
answer
316
views
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 ...
- 21.8k
5
votes
3
answers
3k
views
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 ...
23
votes
5
answers
5k
views
What should I do after finding out my published results were not substantial?
I am currently working (not in academia) after having graduated from college recently. I hope to apply to PhD programs at the end of the year.
I worked with a professor on a paper about a year ago and ...
- 239
9
votes
3
answers
5k
views
Letter of recommendation contains wrong name of journal, how will this hurt my application?
I’m really freaked out. My professors and manager have submitted my LOR’s to colleges. When I asked one of my professors to send me the letter she wrote for me, I noticed that she mentioned the paper ...
- 99
6
votes
2
answers
815
views
Incomplete manuscript with an error published by mistake
I had an accepted paper at a production stage, when I became aware of a technical error, which I was able to fix (in case it matters: the field is mathematics, and even though the claims I made in my ...
- 651
12
votes
1
answer
5k
views
Found a mistake in a published paper at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
I discussed with my supervisors and all of them agreed that there is undoubtedly a mistake in part of the measurements of a recently published paper. The idea and the novelty of this paper is correct. ...
- 121
0
votes
1
answer
391
views
How/where to cite corrigendum publication on CV?
Citations for my publications on my CV are listed in reverse chronological order, and I am wondering how/where to list the citation for a corrigendum.
Should I list the corrigendum and original ...
3
votes
1
answer
188
views
Maintaining a list of minor errata / corrections / comments
I am wondering what options there are for maintaining a list of errata / minor misprints / clarifications to published research papers. Here, I mean errors/misprints that are not sufficiently serious ...
- 191