Isaac Obiri Errors in published papers have the potential to have a considerable influence on the area of research by disseminating inaccurate information and leading to wrong conclusions. These inaccuracies might potentially jeopardize the research and the researchers' reputation. Corrections should be corrected as quickly as feasible in order to offer accurate information to the research community and general readers. This includes posting errata or corrigenda in the same journal or venue where the original work was published, as well as submitting a retraction if the errors are substantial enough to undermine the research's results. It is also critical that the rectified information be publicly distributed and easily available to people who may have been impacted by the inaccuracies.

See also https://www.researchgate.net/post/Errors_in_published_paper2.

Ideally, research as a social process is a self-correcting one, if its emerging statements are testable and experiments are replicable. However, as soon as the authors of a paper know there is an error, they should publish a correction. This implies that critical reading of papers should not end with official peer review, but continue after publication.