Withdrawal, Retractions, Appeals, Complaints and Disputes

WITHDRAWAL OF SUBMISSIONS

Submitted manuscripts may be withdrawn by the author at any time prior to publication, only upon the provision of a formal written request of the author addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. This formal request should state the specific reason for the withdrawal.  

RETRACTIONS

After publication, articles that have been identified to violate publication ethics (such as plagiarism, multiple submissions, falsification and fabrication of data) or which have critical errors that invalidate the study’s results and conclusions, shall be promptly retracted.  A Notice of Retraction signed by all the authors shall be published on the website. A revised version of the article watermarked “RETRACTED” shall be maintained as part of the journal’s archive and replace the original published article.

CORRECTIONS

Minor errors do not invalidate the findings in the manuscript and cover spelling, abbreviations, labeling, numbering, article classification, dates, digital object identifiers, and other similar mistakes.  PJAAI shall issue an Erratum to correct these minor errors.  The Notice shall include details on the changes from the original version and the dates when these changes were made.  The corrected article (with a conspicuous notation that it is the latest and corrected version) shall replace the original published article.  It should be noted that all citations shall be ascribed to the corrected version.

APPEALS, COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES

All appeals, complaints or disputes regarding editorial decisions should be communicated formally to the PJAAI Editor-in-Chief (see Contact information).