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Hours after I approved the proofs, I noticed a key reference in my article was wrong. Authors and title are correct, journal is wrong, and it's wrongly listed as in press. The paper is now published (it's a fast journal, the status is now registering DOI), so the reference probably can't be changed anymore. I could submit an erratum, but would this be "picked up" by services such as Scopus or Google Scholar?

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    How bad is it? If it's a minor typo then I wouldn't worry about it too much. Most bibliographies I read through have at least one typo. If it's still possible to find the article using the reference, then it's doing what it's meant to.
    – Spark
    Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 16:06
  • Put a technical report online that corrects the mistake (e.g., on a personal website, departmental page, arXiv, ...)
    – user2768
    Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 16:58
  • @Spark Wrong journal and incorrectly noted as "in press" when it's actually published, but someone googling title will find it.
    – gerrit
    Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 20:40
  • In press vs actually published is forgivable, after all you could’ve seen the article when it was in press. How wrong a journal name?
    – Spark
    Commented Jun 4, 2019 at 20:33
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    @Spark I used 'RS' in my bibtex source and I have a list of journal abbreviations, I didn't pay attention that 'RS' was referring to 'Radio Science' rather than 'Remote Sensing'...
    – gerrit
    Commented Jun 4, 2019 at 20:47

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