Correction Statements

Taylor & Francis’ Corrections Policy governs the course of action that should be followed in situations where an error is discovered in an article after publication. Taylor & Francis (in common with other journal publishers) recognizes the need to fix errors in published articles while also ensuring that we follow the appropriate industry-recognized standards on corrections. Depending on the severity and type of error, all corrections made post-publication are categorized as either a major correction or a minor correction. Major and minor corrections are treated differently, as defined in the Corrections Policy and outlined below.

Major Corrections

When a major correction must be made post-publication, a correction statement is published (with its own DOI) and linked to the article(s) that contain the error. The correction statement should have a <related-article> element with a related-article-type attribute value corrected-article for each article that is a subject of the correction statement, as noted in the Related Article tagging guidelines. For major corrections made post-publication, a correction statement section should not be added to the article XML of the article that is the subject of the correction.

Minor Corrections

When an article requires minor corrections post-publication, a correction statement should be added as a new section within the <back> element of the article. For example:

<notes>
<sec sec-type="correction-statement">
<title>Correction Statement</title>            
<p>This article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.</p>
</sec>
</notes>
Some examples of minor corrections that require a correction statement section:
  • Author name spelt incorrectly
  • Incorrect or missing ORCID IDs
  • Error in copyright line
  • Error in correspondence details
  • Incorrect or missing funding information
  • Poor figure quality
  • Amendment to tables, figures and appendices
  • Grammatical and spelling errors

Minor Corrections to XML Only

No correction statement is required for minor corrections if the requested correction only affects website meta data (e.g. corrections that affect only the XML and not the PDF). The following are some examples of minor corrections that do not require a correction statement:
  1. Correcting differences in the online version to match the print version (e.g. title, author names, HTML rendering)
  2. Error in a Section Heading
  3. Error in an Article Category
  4. Error in an Issue Title
  5. Adding supplemental material that was missing