Erratum and Corrigendum

Applied Information System and Management (AISM) corrects errors in published articles openly, so that readers can rely on the scholarly record. This policy sets out the basis, authority, and procedure for publishing errata and corrigenda, in line with the COPE guidelines and the accreditation standards for scientific journals in Indonesia. Serious problems that make an article unreliable are handled under the Retraction and Withdrawal policy.

Types of Correction

Type Source of the error Examples
Erratum Introduced by the journal during copyediting, typesetting, layout, metadata entry, or online publication A wrong figure placed in the PDF, a misspelt author name in the metadata, a missing reference introduced during layout
Corrigendum Made by the authors and identified after acceptance or publication An error in a table value, an incorrect affiliation, a missing funding statement or citation, a correction to the author list

When a Correction Is Appropriate

A correction is published when a small part of an otherwise reliable article is inaccurate or misleading, and the error does not make the main findings or conclusions unreliable. If an error does make the data, findings, or conclusions unreliable, the article is considered for retraction instead.

Every change to the content of a published article, other than a purely technical fix that does not change the meaning, such as a broken link, is made through a published erratum or corrigendum. Published articles are never changed silently.

Changes or Additions to Accepted Articles

All content of accepted and published articles is subject to editorial review. Authors who wish to add, revise, or replace content after acceptance submit a formal request to the Editor in Chief:

  • if the new material substantially extends the study, it is submitted for peer review as a new manuscript that refers back to the original article;
  • if the new material corrects or replaces content in the accepted or published article, the Editor in Chief may approve an erratum or corrigendum; and
  • changes to the author list follow the Authorship Criteria and require the written agreement of all authors.

Authority

Authors, readers, or the editorial team may report an error. Every correction request is assessed by the Editor in Chief, who decides whether the correction is warranted, which type of notice is issued, and the wording of the notice. If the Editor in Chief has a conflict of interest, another senior editor decides.

Procedure

1Request
The author, reader, or editor reports the error to the Editor in Chief, stating the article, the location of the error, the proposed correction, and its significance. Requests from authors are sent by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors.
2Assessment
The Editor in Chief assesses whether the error affects the reliability of the article and decides on an erratum, a corrigendum, a retraction, a new manuscript, or no action. The authors are consulted.
3Publication
The correction notice is published, the corrected article is updated as described below, and the DOI record and metadata are updated.

Correction Notice

Every correction notice:

  • is published promptly as a separate, openly accessible item in the next issue, with its own DOI;
  • is titled "Erratum:" or "Corrigendum:" followed by the title of the original article;
  • cites the original article, its authors, and its DOI;
  • describes the error and the correction clearly, and states who decided it; and
  • is linked in both directions with the original article.
Example: Corrigendum: "[Title]" by [Authors], Applied Information System and Management (AISM), Vol. X No. Y (Year), pp. xx–xx, DOI: 10.15408/aism.vXiY.NNNNN. In the original article, the value of [item] in Table 3 was incorrectly reported as [value]. The correct value is [value]. This correction does not affect the results or conclusions of the article. The authors apologize for the error. This correction was approved by the Editor in Chief.

The Corrected Article

  • The article page shows a clear note with a link to the correction notice.
  • A corrected version of the PDF may be published, marked "Corrected version" with the date of correction and a reference to the notice. The original version remains available in the article's version history.
  • The volume, issue, page numbers, publication date, and DOI of the original article do not change.
  • The DOI record at Crossref and the article metadata are updated so that indexing services also show the correction.