Regulations on canceling articles, retracting articles, removing articles, and replacing published articles

Cancellation of articles in progress

The cancellation of articles is applied by the Editor-in-Chief to articles in the process of publication but are found to: (i) Have serious errors that change the conclusions of the article; (ii) Inadvertently submit the same article as another article that has been published; (iii) The author has violated the ethics of research and publication of scientific works such as submitting the article to multiple journals at the same time, falsifying the authorship statement, plagiarism, falsifying data, and similar cases;
If the cancellation of an article is applied to an article in the process of publication and has been published on the Journal's website, the entire content of that article in HTML and/or PDF format will be deleted, and replaced by an HTML and/or PDF page with the note “Cancelled article: [Title of article]”.
Retraction of Published Articles

Retraction of published articles is applied to correct errors in the submission and publication process due to violations of research ethics and publication of scientific works by authors and/or co-authors such as submitting articles to multiple journals at the same time, falsifying copyright statements, plagiarism, falsifying data, and similar cases;
Retraction of published articles is carried out at the request of: (i) Authors and/or co-authors of the article; or (ii) Editor-in-Chief at the request of members of the scientific community. If the retraction policy is applied to a published article, the following measures will be implemented:
a) For the print version of the Journal: A note titled “Article Retracted: [Title of Article]” will be published in the next issue of the Journal, and listed in the table of contents of that issue;

b) For the online version of the Journal: The note “Article is retracted: [Title of article]” along with a link to the original version of the article (PDF format) will be displayed on the Journal’s website. The content of the original article (PDF version) will not be changed, but a watermark will be placed on each page with the content “Article is retracted”. The HTML version of the original article (if available) will be withdrawn from the Journal’s website.

Removal of published articles

Removal of published articles is applied by the Editor-in-Chief in special cases, when: (i) The article clearly violates legal regulations; or (ii) The article needs to be removed upon request of a court or other law enforcement agency;
If the deletion of a published article is applied, the article information including the title, author names, and affiliations will remain on the Journal's website, but the entire content of the article will be replaced by a note stating that “This article has been deleted for legal reasons”. The Editor-in-Chief decides on the content of the detailed explanation for the reason for deletion.

Replacement of a published article

Replacement of a published article is applied by the Editor-in-Chief when the article poses a serious risk to human health if readers follow the content of the article;
Replacement of a published article is done at the request of the authors of the original article and with the consent of the Editor-in-Chief. The authors of the original article must make a written request stating their wish to withdraw the original article that is erroneous, and replace it with a new version that has been edited and supplemented;
The revised, supplemented article must undergo the peer review process;

If the article replacement is applied to a published article, the following measures will be implemented:
a) For the print version of the Journal: A note titled “Article is retracted: [Original article title], and replaced by the following article: [Replaced article title]”, together with the full text of the new, supplemented article will be published in the issue closest to the date the article replacement policy was applied, and listed in the table of contents of that issue;

b) For the online version of the Journal: A note titled “Article is retracted: [Original article title], and replaced by the following article: [Replaced article title]”, together with a link to the revised, supplemented version of the article (in PDF format) will be displayed on the Journal’s website. The first page of the replacement article will clearly state the history of the article, including the date of receipt, the date of acceptance for publication of the original article and the replacement article, and an explanation of why the article is being replaced;

c) The PDF version and the HTML version (if available) of the original article will be withdrawn from the Journal's website.