Retraction, Withdrawal, & Correction Policy

Policy Statement

The Strata International Journal of Social Issues (SIJoSI) acknowledges that the author(s) have worked precisely in preparing the manuscript, and the Editors will conduct peer-review procedures. However, for research purposes, there is also the possibility for published papers to be removed or even withdrawn.

It is not light to do and can only be done under exceptional circumstances.

 Consequently, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies, if necessary, will also be carried out with strict criteria to preserve confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. Our dedication and strategy are to preserve the quality and completeness of relevant scientific documents in the collections of researchers and librarians.

  Content Integrity and Maintenance

The SIJoSI recognizes the importance to scholars and librarians of the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record. He attaches the utmost importance to preserving confidence in the authority of its electronic archive. Clicking on the CrossMark icon will remind the reader of the document's current status and will also provide additional publication record information on the document. Applying the CrossMark icon is a promise made by the SIJoSI to keep content published and warn readers to change as and when occurred.

  Article Retraction

SIJoSI is committed to conducting its part in upholding the credibility of the scholarly record, and it is, therefore, appropriate, on occasion, to remove the article(s). Article(s) can be removed if:

There is a significant scientific mistake that may invalidate the conclusions of the article; for example, there is strong proof that the findings are not credible, either as a result of fraud (e.g., data manufacturing) or an honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).

The results have been published elsewhere without sufficient cross-reference, permission or justification.

There are ethical problems such as plagiarism (appropriation of the ideas, procedures, findings or words of other person(s) without giving due credit, even those gained by confidential analysis of the manuscripts of others) or unauthorized authorship.

 To ensure that retractions are treated in compliance with the best practice of publishing and the COPE Retraction Guidelines, SIJoSI adopts the following retraction process:

An article requiring possible retraction shall be brought to the journal's editor's attention.

The journal's editor should obey the step-by-step instructions according to the COPE flowcharts (including evaluating a response from the article's author in question).

Before any decision is taken, the editor's reports should be forwarded to the Ethics Advisory Board, which will be a forum to provide advice and recommendations regarding ethical issues. This move aims to ensure a consistent approach in line with industry best practices.

The final decision on whether to withdraw is then conveyed to the author and, if necessary, to all other relevant bodies, such as the institution of the author, on occasion.

The Retraction Statement is then posted online and released in the next available journal issue (see below for more details of this step).

Notice that if the author(s)hold the copyright for an article, this does not mean they automatically have a right to remove it after publication. The credibility of the published scientific record is of utmost importance, and the COPE Retraction Rules still apply in such situations.

 Article Withdrawal

The author is not permitted to withdraw the submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources since editors and referees have spent a great deal of time editing the submitted manuscript and the works invested by the publisher. The author is obliged to approve the checklist provided before sending the manuscript via OJS.

If the manuscript has been published as an "Article in Press" (articles that have been accepted for publication but which have not been formally published and will not have the complete volume/issue/page information) that include errors, or are discovered to be accidental duplicates of other published article(s), or are determined to violate our journal publishing ethics guidelines in the view of the editors (such as multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like), maybe "Withdrawn" From the SIJoSI website. Withdrawing means that the article content (HTML and PDF) is deleted and replaced with an HTML page, and PDF states that the article has been withdrawn.

If the author requests the removal of the manuscript, an official letter signed by the corresponding author and Head of Department of the affiliated institution should be submitted to the Principal Editor.

Article Correction

SIJoSI should consider correcting if:

A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports incorrect data or proves inaccurate, particularly if this results from an honest mistake.

The list of author(s)or contributors is wrong (e.g., a deserving Author has been omitted, or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Corrections to peer-reviewed material fall into one of three categories:

Publisher correction (erratum): inform readers of a significant error made by the publisher/journal staff (usually a production error), which has a negative effect on the publication record or the scientific credibility of the article, or the reputation of the authors or journals.

Author correction (corrigendum): to inform readers of a significant error made by the authors which has a negative effect on the publication record or the scientific reputation of the paper, or on the reputation of the Authors or the journal.

Addendum: an addition to the article by its authors to clarify contradictions, extend existing work, or otherwise explain or update the details in the main work.

The decision on whether a correction should be made is made by the editor(s) of a journal, often with recommendations from the Reviewers or the Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will approach the Writers of the paper concerned with a request for clarification but with a final determination as to whether a correction is needed and, if so, which form of correction rests with the Editors.

  Article Removal

In a very limited number of instances, deleting a published article from the SIJoSI online website may be appropriate. This can only happen if the article is explicitly defamatory or infringes the legal rights of others, or if the article is, or we have a practical reason to accept it to be, the subject of a court order, or if the article, if acted upon, may pose a significant health danger. In such cases, the article's metadata (i.e., title and author information) will be preserved; the text will be replaced by a screen showing that the article has been deleted for legal purposes.

  Article Replacement

When an article can pose a significant health risk, the original paper's authors may decide to remove the original faulty and substitute it with a corrected edition. In such cases, the procedures for retraction referred to above will be followed with the difference that the notice of retraction of the article will include a link to the revised re-published article and the history of the text.