Rules for reject published articles

Retiring the Public Articles Rule involves implementing five processes:

• Initiation of an investigation into the need to withdraw the publication.
• Evaluation of the possibility of revoking the publication;
• Deletion of published articles
• Creating withdrawal notices for publications;
• Consideration of the issue of changes in introduction to published articles.

 

Initiate an investigation into the need to retract the publication.

Carried out when the editor shows justifiable indications of misconduct on the part of the author during the research and preparation of the manuscript. Editors follow the principles of objectivity and impartiality.

The possibility of unpublishing is checked in the following cases:

• The fact of breach of the terms of the license agreement is established;
• Manipulative behavior was discovered during the manuscript review;
• A violation of the author's statement about the existence of a conflict of interest is detected;
• The fact that the author violated ethical standards in the editor's research, preparation of the manuscript, or enforcement of publication rules.

In doing so, editors are guided by the principles of objectivity and impartiality.

Removal of a published article

The decision to remove a published article is made in the following cases:

• The article violates someone's copyright or causes material or non-material damage to other persons or organizations, which may entail, in particular, legal proceedings;
• The article contains information that may disclose the confidentiality of individuals or organizations, which may entail, in particular, litigation;
• The article contains information that is subject to any object or entity that is the subject of litigation.

 

Formation of a notice of revocation of a publication

Notices of revocation of a publication is formed on the basis of the principle of objectivity and completeness of displaying arguments containing an irrefutable evidence base regarding the need to delete an article. Notifications contain the necessary information to identify the article by electronic resources for indexing scientific periodicals.

Consideration of the issue of making changes to a published article

This process is initiated in the following cases:

• The revealed fact of violation of the authors' assurances regarding the existence of a conflict of interest can be corrected, the basis for which is solely the consent of the party that has declared the presence of a conflict of interest and we are making reasonable claims to the authors of the published articles in this regard. The validity of a claim is premised on the existence of established facts and arguments regarding the actual existence of a conflict of interest.
• Errors identified in the results or research methodology that may mislead potential readers or users of the article may result in negative consequences from the use of the results or the inability to obtain/reproduce the results.