Correction, Retraction & Withdrawal Policy

After an article is published, we welcome comments and discussions from different parties. Authors, readers, and editors are all encouraged to communicate with the Editorial Office as soon as they identify a problem so that it can be dealt with as quickly as possible. The publisher has mechanisms for correcting, withdrawing or retracting articles after publication.

Correction

The term “correction” refers to the correction of errors in articles that have been published in the Journal. A correction usually will not affect academic results and reading. Ideally, all errors in the article will be corrected during the editing and proofreading steps before the article is published. Both editors and the author will thoroughly check the article for possible errors. If any readers find errors in the published article, please feel free to contact the publisher at editorial_office@sin-chn.net to report them, and editors will correct the error immediately. A correction notice will be published in the current issue with a link to the article website.

Withdrawal

Manuscripts that have been accepted but not yet officially published may be withdrawn after submitting a reasonable and proper withdrawal request. In such cases, the author will be required to bear and pay part of the loss of the publisher, about USD 200. All manuscripts that have passed the withdrawal request will no longer be searched and archived in the publishing system, and all editorial work will cease. Upon completion of the withdrawal process, authors will receive a formal withdrawal notice from the journal office.

 

Retraction

A retraction means a published article to be retracted. Usually, a retraction is initialed by editors. Editors should consider retracting an article if there is clear evidence that imply unreliable results, misconduct, ethics violation, etc. However, retractions should not be applied, if:

There is no evidence to doubt the validity of the results even the authorship is disputed.

There are errors not affecting the findings of the research.

There has no final decision to initial a retraction.

Authors fail to declare the conflict of interest, but that did not affect the peer review decision.

Sin-Chn Scientific Press follows the retraction guidelines of COPE. Once a retraction is initiated, a retraction notice will be posted, which will include the initial party, the reason, and the retracted article information. Most importantly, a bi-link between the retracted article and the retraction notice must be associated to minimize harmful effects. If there are major issues, both the author and their institutes will be informed.

Editors of the journal office will post Editor’s Note to express concerns with published materials.