Retraction, Withdrawal, & Correction (R-W-C) Policy
We understand that the authors have worked carefully preparing manuscripts, and we have carried out peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies, when needed, will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. Our commitment and policy are to maintain the integrity and completeness of critical scientific records for researchers' and librarians' archives.
Article Retraction
REGISTER JOURNAL is committed to
playing its part in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record;
therefore, on occasion, it is necessary to retract articles. Articles may be
retracted if:
•There is a significant
scientific error that would invalidate the article's conclusions, for example,
where there is clear evidence that findings are unreliable, either as a result
of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or
experimental error).
•The findings have previously
been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or
justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
•There are ethical issues such as
plagiarism (appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or
words without giving appropriate credit, including those obtained through
confidential review of others' manuscripts) or inappropriate authorship.
To ensure that retractions are
handled according to publication best practices and following COPE retraction
guidelines, REGISTER JOURNAL adopts the following retraction process:
• An article requiring potential
retraction is brought to the journal editor's attention.
• The journal editor should
follow the step-by-step guidelines according to the COPE flowcharts (including
evaluating a response from the article's author in question).
• Before any action is taken, the
Editor's findings should be sent to the Ethics Advisory Board. This step aims
to ensure a consistent approach following industry best practices.
• The final decision on whether
to retract is then communicated to the author and, if necessary, any other
relevant bodies, such as the author's institution.
• The retraction statement is
then posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal (see
below for more details of this step).
Note that if authors retain the
copyright for an article, this does not mean they automatically have the right
to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific
record is of paramount importance, and COPE's Retraction Guidelines still apply
in such cases.
Article Withdrawal
The author is not allowed to
withdraw submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable
resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing
submitted manuscripts and works invested by the publisher. For attention, before
the author submits the manuscript through our OJS, the author must approve the
checklist we provide.
If the author requests the
withdrawal of his/her manuscript when the manuscript is still in the
peer-reviewing process, the author will be punished by paying $200 USD per
manuscript.
If the withdrawal the manuscript
after the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be punished
by paying $250 USD per manuscript.
If an article has been published
as an "Article in Press" (articles that have been accepted for
publication but which have not been formally published and will not have the
complete volume/issue/page information) that include errors or are discovered
to be accidental duplicates of other published article (s), or are determined
to violate our journal publishing ethics guidelines in the view of the editors
(such as multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism,
fraudulent use of data or the like), maybe "Withdrawn "From the REGISTERJOURNAL website. Withdrawing means that the article content (HTML and PDF) is
deleted and replaced with an HTML page and the PDF simply states that the
article has been withdrawn. In this case, the author will be punished by paying
$300 USD per manuscript.
If the author doesn't agree to
pay the penalty, the author and his/her affiliation will be blacklisted for
publication in this journal (3 years).
If the author request to withdraw
a manuscript, an official letter signed by the corresponding author and agency
leader must be sent to the Principal Editor.
Article Correction
REGISTER JOURNAL should consider
issuing a correction if:
• A small part of an otherwise
reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially
if this is the result of honest error.
• The Author or Contributor list
is incorrect (e.g., a deserving author has been omitted, or someone who does
not meet authorship criteria has been included).
Corrections to peer-reviewed
content fall into one of three categories:
• Publisher correction (erratum):
to notify readers of a critical error made by publishing/journal staff (usually
a production error) that has a negative impact on the publication record or the
scientific integrity of the article, or the reputation of the Authors or the
journal.
• Author correction
(corrigendum): to notify readers of a significant error made by the Authors
which negatively impacts the publication record, the scientific integrity of
the article, or the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
• Addendum: an addition to the
article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, expand the existing work, or
otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.
The decision of whether a
correction should be issued is made by the Editor (s) of a journal, sometimes with
advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will contact
the Authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the
final decision about whether a correction is required and which type rests with
the Editors.
Article Removal
Removing a published article from
our online platform may be necessary in a few cases. This will only happen if
the article is clearly defamatory or infringes others' legal rights, or where
the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject
of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, may pose a serious health
risk. In such circumstances, while the article's metadata (i.e., title and
author information) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen
indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.
Article Replacement
In cases where an article, if
acted upon, may pose a severe health risk, the original paper's authors may
wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version.
Under such circumstances, the above procedures for retraction will be followed
with the difference that the article retraction notice will contain a link to
the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.
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