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Case 20 — A correction log that survives the next archive update The final note should distinguish corrected data transcription, changed source eviden...

An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving that either laboratory is wrong. The appropriate next step is clarification from...

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer different questions. Record the report’s own definition and units before comparing ...

Case 13 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...

Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: retain the wording beginning “Record the original units and axis transformat...

Case 7 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with st...

Case 23 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropri...

Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...

Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...

Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...

Case 14 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...