Protocol
Check the paper's current status before reusing its claim
A PDF can stay still while the record changes.
Before you use it
- Use when
- You are relying on a downloaded paper or an old saved research note.
- Avoid when
- A badge is not a quality guarantee. No visible badge or notice does not prove there are no problems; coverage varies.
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Why it matters
Open the publisher's current record and inspect correction, retraction and update links, including Crossmark where available. Read each relevant notice. Record the record URL, notice URL and check date, then state which part of your claim is affected. Repair or withdraw the affected claim before reusing it. If no notice is visible, record that limited finding rather than calling the paper problem-free.
Steps
- Open the publisher's current record and inspect correction, retraction and update links, including Crossmark where available.
- Read each relevant notice. Record the record URL, notice URL and check date, then state which part of your claim is affected.
- Repair or withdraw the affected claim before reusing it. If no notice is visible, record that limited finding rather than calling the paper problem-free.
An example
A correction changes a table's group labels. The old screenshot remains legible, but the interpretation copied from it needs repair.
Check your result
Does the note identify the checked record, date, relevant notices and whether the reused claim was kept, revised or withdrawn?
Keep this limit in mind
- A badge is not a quality guarantee. No visible badge or notice does not prove there are no problems; coverage varies.
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Evidence and sources (1)
Crossmark can expose registered corrections, retractions and updates to a research record.
Claim basis: technical_definition. Claim limit: Coverage and metadata depend on participation; the service is not a validity certificate. Source access: selected_html_passages; accessed on: 2026-10-01; inspected sections: ["Introduction", "How Crossmark works"]. Source note: The button and its absence are not guarantees of scientific validity or a complete update history. Separate source-access audit (2026-10-01): Reopened on 2026-10-01. Crossmark reports registered updates; participation and reporting determine coverage. Its button is not a validity certificate, and older-record backfill is optional. The page displays a 2020-04-08 update date.
Crossmark: research record updates · Introduction; How Crossmark works, including the guarantee and optional back-year coverage paragraphs
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