Procedure for withdrawing published articles

The journal follows the COPE recommendations for retraction of publications.

 

Grounds for retraction:

  • Identification of serious errors or inaccuracies affecting the conclusions of the study
  • Plagiarism or duplicate publication
  • Fabrication or falsification of data
  • Violation of research ethics
  • Improper authorship
  • Other serious violations of publication ethics

 

Initiators of retraction:

  • Author(s) of the article
  • Editorial board
  • Institution where the author works
  • Third party (with provision of evidence)

Retraction procedure:

  1. Identification of the problem and preliminary consideration
  2. Investigation (creation of a commission, request for explanations)
  3. Providing the author with the opportunity to respond (10-15 days)
  4. Decision-making by the editorial board
  5. Publication of the retraction notice

The retraction notice contains:

  • Title and DOI of the retracted article
  • All authors of the article
  • Date of publication of the article
  • Grounds for retraction
  • Who initiated retraction
  • Date of retraction

Technical implementation:

  • Article remains available with the mark "RETRACTED" in PDF and HTML versions
  • DOI remains active with a redirect to the retraction notice
  • Information about the retraction is transmitted to all databases where the journal is indexed
  • A link to the retraction notice is added to the publication archive

Timeline: The entire process should not exceed 60 days from the moment the problem was discovered.