Post-publication policy

-Corrections to the published work

Honest errors are a part of science and publishing and require the publication of a correction when detected.

Authors should notify us through the Contact Us section on the journal website for any errors or facts in their article once published.

All corrections are made at the journal’s discretion; changes to published articles that affect the interpretation and conclusion of the article but do not entirely invalidate the article will, at the editor(s)’ discretion, be corrected via publication of a correction that is indexed and bi-directionally linked to the original article.

As publishers, we have to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. For that reason, minor corrections that do not affect the scientific understanding of the article (for example, formatting or typographical errors or wording preference) may be rejected if submitted post-publication to prevent discrepancies downstream.

The correction procedure depends on the publication stage of the article; in all circumstances, a correction notice will published as soon as possible.

Publication in an issue or a continuous publication journal

If the article has already appeared in an issue, a correction notice will be printed in the next available print issue.

The online version of the article will link to the correction notice and vice versa. The PDF will be replaced with a version watermarked with "Retracted," but the original text will remain accessible. In rare cases, the journal may have to remove the original content for legal reasons. In such cases, the journal will leave the metadata (title and authors) and replace the text with a note saying the article has been removed for legal reasons.

-Retractions

Journal editors consider retractions in cases of evidence of unreliable data or findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and unethical research. We may consider an expression of concern notice if an article is under investigation. All retraction notices explain why the article was retracted. The retraction procedure depends on the publication stage of the article.