Correction to: Patterns of bone marrow aspiration confirmed hematological malignancies in Eritrean National Health Laboratory

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Objective: To analyze study topic, study design, usage of statistical test, and other selected document parameters in published original research articles. Materials and Methods: Three journals (1) Indian Journal of Community Medicine (IJCM), (2) Indian Journal of Public Health (IJPH), and (3) Bulletin of World Health Organization (WHO) were reviewed and all original research article published during three years, that is, January 2014 to December 2016, were considered, and selected document parameters were recorded using checklist. During this period, IJCM released volumes 39 to 41, IJPH released 58 to 60, and WHO released 92 to 94. Results: A total of 318 original articles were reviewed with the contribution of 28.9% in IJCM, 27.6% in IJPH, and 43.3% in WHO bulletin. Out of all the publications, highest (46.5%) original article belonged to research domain category-I [communicable, maternal and child health (MCH)] followed by 104 (32.7%) category-II (noncommunicable diseases) and 66 (20.8%) by category-III (health system, medical education, and environment). Overall 79.2% original articles were cross-sectional in study design followed by cohort (15.4%), intervention/experimental study (3.4%), and case-control (1.8%). Average number of authors per article in WHO bulletin was 8.1 [95% confidence interval (CI): 7.1–9.0] followed by IJCM 4.2 (95% CI: 3.8–4.6), and IJPH (3.84, 95% CI: 3.49–4.19). There were 95 (29.9%) articles where-in all the authors were from a single institution, whereas in 223 (70.1%) articles, co-authors were from different institutions. It was also found that most (80.1%) of the study papers did not contain any background statement regarding statistical sample size estimation; 239 (75.2%) articles used statistical software; majority had utilized SPSS (61.08%), followed by STATA (19.24%), SAS (8.76%), R-software (5.45%), EPI-info (3.76%), and EXCEL (1.25%); nearly 210 (66%) original research articles utilized at least one of the inferential statistics (basic, advance, and survival analytical methods). Higher proportion of advance (60.2%) inferential statistical test and survival analysis (92.3%) were used in Bulletin of WHO; 82% of references used were within 10 years of publications of articles in WHO while this figure was 66% for ICJM and 63% for IJPH. Conclusion: This study provides an objective snapshot of national and international public health journal that may aid researcher for better comprehension, situational, and trend analysis as well as assist them in their future research endeavor.

The original version of this article unfortunately contained mistakes in the author list. The following author names were listed without middle initial. The correct author names are: Avinash R Kambadakone, Rajan T. Gupta, Thomas A. Hope, Kathryn J. Fowler, Alexander R. Guimaraes, Dushyant V. Sahani, Frank H. Miller. The original article was corrected.

The original version of the article unfortunately contained a typo in the fourth author name. The author name was incorrectly listed as Rochelle Tixeria. The correct name should be Rochelle Tixeira. The original article has been corrected.

Unfortunately, the 4th author name was incorrectly published in the original article. The complete correct name is given below. Mohammad Javad Mousavi. The original article has been updated. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

The author name Bruno Menfridini Baroni was incorrectly captured in the original article. The correct author name is Bruno Manfredini Baroni. The original article has been corrected.

The author name Maria Maria Côrtes Thomé Lima was incorrectly captured in the original article. The correct author name should be Andrezza Maria Côrtes Thomé Lima. The original article has been corrected.

Unfortunately, after publication of this article [1], it was noticed that the name of the fifth author was incorrectly displayed as Jakob Schiøz. The correct name is Jakob Schiøtz and can be seen in the corrected author list above. The original article has also been updated to correct this error.

CorrectionUnfortunately, after publication of this article [1], it was noticed that the name of the fifth author was incorrectly displayed as Akshaya Srikanth Bahagavathula. The correct name is Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula and can be seen in the corrected author list above. The original article has also been updated to correct this error.

In the original publication of the article, the first author name was incorrectly published as “Benyamin Ghoreishii”. However, the correct name is “Benyamin Ghoreishi”. The original article has been corrected.

In the original article. The third author name is incorrect. The correct name is Nicholas J. Leeper.

Unfortunately, the corresponding author name is misspelled as Wattana Viryasitavat in the original article. The correct name is Wattana Viriyasitavat.

In the original article, the first author name has been published incorrectly as “Andrey A. Sushenstov”. The correct name is “Andrey A. Sushentsov”.

In the original publication of the article, the second author name has been misspelt. The correct name is given in this Correction. The original article has been corrected.

In the original publication, the first author name was published incorrectly as “Toasin Oakil”. The correct name is “Abu Toasin Oakil”. The original article has been corrected.