Science Watch inadvertently undercounted citations to the February 15, 2001 Nature paper presenting sequence data from the publicly funded International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. It was belatedly discovered that, in citing the Nature report, some ISI-indexed papers have specified the full consortium as "author," while others, referring to the report's first listed author, cite "E.S. Lander" and colleagues. This discrepancy, in effect, split the citation tally, initially preventing the paper from receiving its due recognition in Science Watch. With citations now consolidated, the paper assumes its proper place in the Biology Top Ten.

Science Watch and ISI apologize for the miscount and deeply regret any false impressions that may have resulted.