What can I do if there is an error in my article on PubMed?

If you find an error in PubMed, please click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance, and include the information below (or as much as possible) and the Journal Manager will report it to PubMed to be corrected:

• The PMID number (e.g., PMID: 1234567).
• The correct journal name, volume, issue, and page number.
• The title of the article.
• The author name using last name and initials (example, Jones JA).
• A clear indication of the incorrect and correct information.

NLM displays the author's name as it appears in the article at the time of publication, only the last name plus the initials (e.g., Jones AB) are used. If the author's name was printed incorrectly at the time of publication in an Elsevier journal, then the journal in which the article appeared must publish an erratum before NLM will make the correction in MEDLINE. If this is the case, please click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance.

For additional information on how NLM handles errors, please see Reporting an Error in PubMedopens in new tab/window.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) does not edit affiliation data unless there is an NLM-introduced data entry error. The address information is the author's affiliation at the time the work/article was done. The information given is not necessarily the current location of the author, and not necessarily the reprint source. The data included in this field and control of the data has changed over time, as follows:

• 1988: The address of the first author's affiliation is included. The institution, city, and state including zip code for U.S. addresses, and country for countries outside of the United States, are included if provided in the journal; sometimes the street address is also included if provided in the journal.
• 1995-2013: The designation USA is added at the end of the address when the first author's affiliation is in the fifty United States or the District of Columbia.
• 1996: The primary author's electronic mail (e-mail) address is included at the end of the Affiliation field, if present in the journal.
• 2003: The complete first author address is entered as it appears in the article with no words omitted.
• October 2013: Quality control of this field ceased in order to accommodate the affiliations for all authors and contributors.
• December 2014: Multiple affiliations for each author or contributor are included.

NLM displays the author's name as it appears in the article at the time of publication, only the last name plus the initials (e.g., Jones AB) are used. If the author's name was printed incorrectly at the time of publication in an Elsevier journal, then the journal in which the article appeared must publish an erratum before NLM will make the correction in MEDLINE. If this is the case, please click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance.