Correction: Scientific quality of COVID-19 and SARS CoV-2 publications in the highest impact medical journals during the early phase of the pandemic: A case control study

Marko Zdravkovic, Joana Berger-Estilita, Bogdan Zdravkovic, David Berger

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250141, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-1

Article Type: Correction Article History

Publisher: Public Library of Science

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Zdravkovic,Berger-Estilita,Zdravkovic,and Berger: Correction: Scientific quality of COVID-19 and SARS CoV-2 publications in the highest impact medical journals during the early phase of the pandemic: A case control study

In the Results subsection of the Abstract, there is an error in the second sentence. The correct sentence is: The 155 COVID-19 publications were 18-fold more likely to be of lower evidence (95% confidence interval [CI] for odds ratio, 7.0–47; P <0.001).

In the Results subsection of the Abstract, there is also an error in the fourth sentence. The correct sentence is: There was a significant difference in the early citation rate of the original articles that favored the COVID-19 original articles (median [interquartile range], 149 [79–512] vs. 3 [1.3–7] citations; P <0.001).

Reference

MZdravkovic, JBerger-Estilita, BZdravkovic, DBerger (2020) Scientific quality of COVID-19 and SARS CoV-2 publications in the highest impact medical journals during the early phase of the pandemic: A case control study. PLOS ONE 15(11): e0241826. 10.1371/journal.pone.0241826