| Correcting erroneous information in academic papers is an effective remedial measure after publication. This paper analyzes 335 correction statements from 2013 to 2022 in CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases. The results show that the distribution of journals, the distribution of years, and correction lags in the correction statements are uneven, with significant disparities. The titles of the correction statements are often inaccurately worded and information elements are not complete. The corrections mainly involve "cover and back cover as essential components of journals, author information, fund project information, references, and footnotes/endnotes in supplementary texts, as well as language, text, and charts in the main body." All the three databases contain a large number of problematic papers with unissued correction statements that should have been issued, and these papers have relatively high citation frequencies. The corrected papers are not linked to the correction statements, do not bear a "correction" mark, and are not freely downloadable on CNKI and Wanfang, and online reading is not allowed in Wanfang. Most journals have not set up a correction statement column or published correction statements on their websites. Relevant departments should establish correction statement norms, strengthen supervision of correction statements, and editorial departments should "establish and improve correction norm systems, timely write and publish correction statement norms, improve the quality of editing and proofreading, and reduce the number of correction statements." Database staff should raise awareness of correction norms and strengthen communication and exchange with editorial departments and among their own internal sections. |
