Correction and Retraction

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

1 General Policy of Article Withdrawal

It is a general principle of scholarly communication that the editor of a journal is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published.  In making this decision, the editor is guided by policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.  An outcome of this principle is the importance of the scholarly archive as a permanent, historic record of the transactions of scholarship.  

It is a general principle of scholarly communication that the editor of a journal is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published. In making this decision, the editor is guided by policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. An outcome of this principle is the importance of the scholarly archive as a permanent, historic record of the transactions of scholarship.

Articles that have been published shall remain extant, exact, and unaltered as far as is possible. However, very occasionally circumstances may arise where an article is published that must later be retracted or even removed. Such actions must not be undertaken lightly and can only occur under exceptional circumstances.

In addition, Author(s) (and/or their institution) will be punished from any kind of article withdrawal in the form of article submission ban (temporary up to permanent ban). This policy has been designed to address these concerns and to take into account current best practices in the scholarly and library communities. As standards evolve and change, we will revisit this issue and welcome the input of scholarly and library communities.

All of the Article Withdrawal Policies in IJET (including Withdrawal of Manuscripts, Article in Press, Article Retraction, Article Removal, and Article Replacement Policies) is adopted from Elsevier Article Withdrawal Policy.

2 Article Withdrawal by Author(s)

Author(s) are not allowed to withdraw an article that has been sent to IJET because the withdrawal of the article wastes the resources, time, and effort that the Editor and Peer-reviewers do in processing the article.

If the author is still requesting the withdrawal of the article, the author will be punished in the form of a ban on the submission of a manuscript for (maximum) 8 numbers (4 volume or 4 years) for the manuscript withdrawal in the review process.

However, it is highly unethical to withdraw the manuscript that has been sent from a journal because another journal has accepted it.

The withdrawal of the article after the manuscript has been accepted for publication is extremely unethical. The author will be given a punishment in the form of being banned on the submission of a manuscript for (maximum) 20 numbers (10 Volume or 10 years).

Withdrawal of the manuscript in this policy includes the submission of the article revisions that exceed the time limit specified by the Editor and does not immediately notify the Editor and/or revise the manuscript. If the author did not revise the manuscript until the deadline without any confirmation, the Author can be banned for (maximum) 12 numbers (6 volume or 6 years).

Authors who make more than one manuscripts withdrawal can be banned permanently. This banning may also be applied to the author’s institution.

The IJET Editorial Board can publicly announce through the IJET page and/or provide information to other journal editors or other publishers when IJET Editorial Board is performing the banning processes in these cases.

Article Retraction

IJET maintains a strict stance against any infringement of professional ethical codes, including but not limited to multiple submission, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, and the fraudulent use of data. While IJET may occasionally issue a retraction to rectify errors in submitted or published work, the retraction of an article by its authors or the editor, often guided by the scholarly community, is a long-standing yet infrequent practice in academia. To ensure a consistent and ethical approach, IJET adheres to established best practices for article retraction, drawing upon standards developed by various libraries and scholarly bodies. The Editor will thoroughly investigate any suspected violations of professional ethical codes. Upon identification of a potential infringement, the IJET Editorial Board will inform the author(s) of the alleged violation, providing supporting evidence and outlining the available courses of action. Should the Editor be unable to contact the author(s) within a specified timeframe, the issue will be discussed with other Editors and the Editorial Advisory Board.

The standards governing article retraction in IJET are as follows: An official statement (letter) of article retraction, titled “Retracted: [Article Title]”, will be issued in English by an IJET Editorial Member. This retraction letter, accompanied by any relevant evidence, comments, criticism, or requests from the scientific community, will be placed on the preceding page of the original article. This page will retain the original first page number but will be appended with the code “ed-1” for the first page of the letter, “ed-2” for the second, and so on (e.g., 56-ed-1, 56-ed-2, etc.). The original article will be clearly marked with a “Retracted” watermark or stamp and will follow the retraction letter in the document. Consequently, a new PDF file incorporating the retraction letter and the marked original article will replace the original PDF file. Furthermore, on the IJET website, the article's abstract will be replaced with a statement indicating the retraction due to a violation of the ethical code and/or IJET policy, and the article's keywords will be removed. Finally, the retraction letter will also be published in the Comments and Criticism section of a subsequent IJET edition, either coinciding with or following the formal retraction of the article.

Article Removal

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database.

This will only occur where the article is clearly defamatory or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or the Editor has good reason to expect it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk.

In these circumstances, while the metadata (Title and Authors) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article Replacement

In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version.

In these circumstances, the procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the database retraction notice will publish a link to the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.