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Post Info TOPIC: Should you write a paper's author if you've found factual inaccuracies in their paper?


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Date: Dec 18, 2019
Should you write a paper's author if you've found factual inaccuracies in their paper?
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I was recently reading a social science paper (in a prestigious journal) on my country of birth. I noticed the author made a major factual innacuracy on which most of their analysis is premised. While it's easy to see how the author might've gotten confused, as the mistake is one a casual observer would make, the facts are quite different from how they're being portrayed. To give a hypothetical example, it's something like saying the Queen (substantially) controls the UK government and then writing a refutation of non-constitutional monarchy. Should I say something? I am thinking of emailing the author, but I'm not sure how to proceed. I am also applying to grad school at their university, so I don't want to burn any bridges before I even start applying.



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