Retraction Policy
In case of revealing any facts of violation of publication ethics, the Editorial Board is open for dialogue and joint work with readers, authors and scientific community.
The purpose of retraction is to inform readers of materials containing serious faults or erroneous data that cannot be trusted.
Inaccurate data can be due to either misconceptions or intentional misconduct (duplicate publications, plagiarism,suppressionof conflictsof interest
that can distort data interpretation or recommendations for use). An important objective of retraction is to maintain the integrity of scientific
research by excluding from scientific circulation data that may be misleading or inaccurate.
Grounds for retraction of a paper include violations of publication ethics:
- incorrect and/or unformatted borrowing (plagiarism) of information;
- duplicate paper in several editions;
- self-plagiarism;
- falsified or fabricated data (e.g. falsification of experimental data);
- identified serious errors in the paper (e.g. misinterpretation of research results) that can discredit its scientific value;
- a hidden conflict of interest;
- secondary publication of the article without the author's consent;
- other violations of publication ethics.
The result of retraction is a confirmation by the Editorial Board that the paper contains violations.
Retraction Procedure
The retraction procedure is initiated by the Editor-in-Chief, taking into account the results of the examination and the response of the authors of the paper to each of the points mentioned in the examination.
The authors either acknowledge the retraction or provides convincing arguments against it. The decision to retract the article is made by the Editorial Board of the journal.
If the initiative for retraction comes from the authors, they write a motivated letter to the Editorial Board explaining the reasons for retraction
(identified errors in the submitted data, misuse of third-party information, etc.). If the Editorial Board agrees to the retraction (after analyzing the case),
the latter is implemented in accordance with the СОPE Retraction Guidelines and recommendations of the Ethics Council of the Association of Science Editors and Publishers (ASEP).
If the Editorial Board does not respond to the authors' request, the latter have the right to send a request to the Scientific Publications Ethics Board (SPEB) of ASEP.
If the initiative for retraction comes from a third party, the Editorial Board conducts an expert review, on the basis of which a decision on retraction is made, and notifies the authors.
If the request is ignored, the Editorial Board has the right to carry out the procedureon theirdecision.
Based on the results of the examination, the Editorial Board may veto a publication of the authors’ papers for a definite period.
