Correction or retraction?

摘要

The practice of science — and the publication of science in particular — is often lauded for its capacity for self-correction, and, to a large extent, deservedly so. During the peer-review process, basic mistakes and errors of judgement are frequently identified, minimizing the number that make it through into often much-improved final publications. Erroneous results that do slip through the peer-review net may be promptly identified; if sufficiently serious, they are corrected or even withdrawn.