Putting the Self in Self-Correction

Scientific self-correction is often construed as an outcome of the activities of the community as a whole. In contrast, cases in which researchers publicly point out errors in their own studies are rare and deemed unusual. Here, we argue that such individual self-corrections would be beneficial for the scientific community. In an online project, we invited researchers to submit statements describing how they have lost confidence in a finding they had previously published. We discuss questions that the Loss-of-Confidence project raises and argue that cultural norms should be transformed so that they live up to the pursuit of self-correction. Researchers who are interested in joining this project are invited to submit their own statement via https://lossofconfidence.com/ .

科学自我纠正是整体学术共同体活动结果的常见解读。相较之下，研究者公开指出自身研究中的错误案例则较为罕见，并被视为异例。在此，我们主张此类个体的自我纠正确实有益于科学界。在一个在线项目中，我们邀请研究者提交描述他们如何失去对先前发表发现信心的声明。我们探讨了Loss-of-Confidence项目所引发的问题，并主张文化规范应当变革，以适应自我纠正常态的追求。对参与此项目感兴趣的研究者可通过https://lossofconfidence.com/提交个人声明。