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Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and reassess claims that relied on the paper. Do not leave the historical citation look...

Case 7 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Proposed correction: documentation supplied; method and sample linkage in...

Case 13 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher noti...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

Case 177 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · reader check exercise Correction note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: reta...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: use “The reader should be able to see what was…” as a row heading in...

Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming th...

Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions wit...

Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Case 36 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...