Article Retraction Policy

Complaint Policy

The complaints will be acknowledged within 10 working days, however, some issues may be complex and therefore require longer to be fully investigated.

 Correction and Retraction Policy

After a paper is published, we generally do not allow making any changes to the paper. However, the editorial board may allow corrections in the published paper in exceptional cases. The corrections may be allowed to rectify unintentional miscalculations, human lapses or technical errors in the published paper. The published papers may be retracted if a clear evidence of fraudulent data, plagiarism or unethical publication practices is found. The copyright infringement or non-disclosure of conflict interest may also result in retraction of the published papers. The decision of correction or retraction will be made on case to case basis. The decision of the editorial board with regards to correction or retraction will be final and cannot be challenged.

Falsification of Images or Results

The published articles have high plagiarism. At the time of publication, the editorial team checks the similarity index, but its plagiarism index can increase in the future if the authors resubmit the same article with minor changes in another journal. If the plagiarism has increased due to some other authors, we may not retract the article. The editorial team might retract a published article if the authors' disclosure were not correct or the authors have infringed copyrights.