Retraction is a notification to readers that the findings presented in the article are invalid. Retractions are issued if there is clear evidence that the results are unreliable, which can be due to misconduct or an honest error. Retraction can be requested by:
Most often, articles are retracted due to errors in the research identified by authors after publication. If the editorial office receives a complaint from someone other than the authors (such as a reader, institution, journal publisher or owner), the it is obliged to conduct its own thorough investigation into the reported incident. Only based on the results of this investigation, a decision on retraction can be made, about which the authors of the article must be informed of the outcome. The reasons for the article retraction are as follows:
A retraction notice is published in the printed and online versions of the next journal issue as a separate object, which is also noted in the contents of the issue. According to COPE guidelines (COPE Council. COPE Guidelines: Retraction Guidelines.), retracted articles are not removed from the online journal version, but they are kept on the website with a note of retraction. In such cases, when following a link to a retracted article, the reader sees an announcement on the screen about the retraction of the article, and a link redirects the reader to a page from which they can access the article. At the same time, the watermark “retracted article” is placed on the text of the article. In very rare cases related to a violation of law, privacy, or serious health risk, a manuscript will be removed from the journal website. Bibliographic information about the article is retained to ensure the integrity of the journal content, and the retraction notice must clearly state why the full text of the article has been removed. The retraction notice must include:
We recommend filling in the Form to retract the article. The retraction notice is also sent to the scientometric databases, in which the article is indexed, as well as aggregators of the journal content. The retraction notice must appear on all online search options that may be used to view the retracted publication. We advise using the recommendations of the European Association of Scientific Editors to retract the article. In case of retractions, please contact us via e-mail kontakt@ar-and-p.de. |