Article amendment policy
Making changes to an article accepted for publication that has undergone all stages of peer review and pre-print preparation falls into one of the following categories:
- addition (addendum),
- publisher’s correction (erratum)
- author’s correction (corrigendum)
The decision to publish corrections is made by the journal’s editors based on recommendations from reviewers, editorial board members or written requests from the authors of the article. Although the publication of corrections involves consultations with the authors, the final decision rests with the editors or editorial board of the journal.
Additions (addendum). Adding new material that supplements the original content of the article requires peer review. The additional material is uploaded to the journal’s website as a new manuscript with a reference to the original article.
Replacing part of the original text in the published article can be implemented as a publisher’s correction (misprints/erratum) or an author’s correction (corrigendum).
A publisher’s correction (erratum) is issued when an error (misprint or overlooked correction) made by the journal during the article’s preparation significantly affects the reader’s understanding of the content. Corrections are not published for simple, obvious typographical errors.
Author’s correction (corrigendum). If the authors deem it necessary to make corrections after the article has been published, they should submit a written request, providing justification, to the email address office@hist-geo.ru. The final decision to publish the correction (corrigendum) is made by the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial board after evaluating the impact of the proposed change on the scientific accuracy and significance of the published article. In certain cases, detecting significant errors or inconsistencies in the published article may necessitate its retraction.
