The acknowledgement of errors or mistakes may appear in database search results as "errata" or "corrections," or else some kind of note or comment that modifies or else retracts previously-published information.
However, publishers' editorial or peer review processes sometimes fail to detect such errors--including cases that have involved research misconduct (e.g. fraud, plagiarism, data fabrication or data misrepresentation).
These resources seek to identify, discuss and understand failures in the scholarly communication process: