Correction to: Rock Mech Rock Eng (2015) 48:1997–2029 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-014-0685-7

The article Analytical Solutions for Tunnels of Elliptical Cross-Section in Rheological Rock Accounting for Sequential Excavation, written by H. N. Wang, S. Utili, M. J. Jiang, P. He, was originally published Online First without Open Access. After publication in volume 48, issue 5, page 1997–2029, the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an Open Access publication. Therefore, the copyright of the article has been changed to © The Author(s) 2020 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.