The authors of the original article “Circ_0000144 functions as a miR-623 sponge to enhance gastric cancer progression via up-regulating GPRC5A” (Biosci Rep (2020) 40(8), https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20201313) would like to correct their Ethics Approval statement. This evidence concerns the gene GPRC5A and gastric cancer.