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Require publishers to support academics reporting issues and ensure timely research corrections and retractions

Recommendation
Publishers have a vital role in the maintenance of the scholarly record. Publishers should support academics who report issues with published research in their journals and should commit to timely publication of research error corrections and retractions where necessary—in our view this process should not take longer than two months. Publishers should also commit to timely deployment of technology to support the quality of the published record. (Paragraph 123) 52 Reproducibility and Research Integrity Solving reproducibility challenges in the assessment of research
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 21 July 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.3 yrs
Report published 10 May 2023