The authors of the published article entitled, “A simple, cost-effective but highly efficient system for deriving ventricular cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells,” (Weng Z et al., Stem Cells Dev. 2014; 15;23(14):1704–1716; DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0509) contacted the Editor of Stem Cells and Development via email to request a change in authorship after publication of the article.
Harvey Y.S. Chan should have been listed in the ninth position, Sarah E. Webb should have been listed in the tenth position, and Andrew L. Miller should have been listed in the thirteenth position. The complete corrected authorship listing, as well as the revised listing of affiliations, is as follows:
Zhihui Weng, Chi-Wing Kong, Lihuan Ren, Ioannis Karakikes, Lin Geng, Jiaozi He, Maggie Zi Ying Chow, Chong Fai Mok, Harvey Y.S. Chan, Sarah E. Webb, Wendy Keung, Howard Chow, Andrew L. Miller, Anskar Y.H. Leung, Roger J. Hajjar, Ronald A. Li, Camie W. Chan
These three additional authors are a part of the research team under the Theme Based Research Scheme (TRS) of the Research Grant Council in Hong Kong, which was acknowledged as a funding source in the article.
Careful consideration and ascription of authorship is an important part of the integrity of scientific publication and is the responsibility of the corresponding author(s).
As the corresponding author responsible for this—the second correction for the author listing of this paper—Dr. Camie W. Chan has acted in a manner below the level of collegiality that is consistent with publishing in an international peer-reviewed journal. No paper listing Dr. Chan as corresponding author will be considered for publication in Stem Cells and Development for the next five years.
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