Instructions for recalling articles

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL OR CORRECTION OF ARTICLES, PUBLICATION OF CORRECTIONS, APPLICATIONS, DISCLAIMERS

 RECALLING OF ARTICLES (RETRACTION)

Recalling of article (retraction) is used to prevent cases of duplicate publications (when authors submit the same data for several publications), plagiarism, concealment of conflicts of interest, provision of inaccurate data that affect the interpretation of data or recommendations for their use.

 Grounds for withdrawing an article (retraction):
- detecting plagiarism in an article;
- duplication of the article in different editions;
- detection of serious errors (misinterpretation of results), which casts doubt on its scientific value;
- detection of falsifications or fabrications in the text of an article;
- incorrect composition of authors;
- the presence of a conflict of interest (and other violations of publication ethics);
- republishing an article without the consent of the co-author.

Recalling of article (retraction) can be initiated:
- by official written request from the author of the article;
- by an official written request from the editorial board of another journal;
- at the written request of other persons (participants in the conflict of interest) in the presence of evidence of violations of scientific ethics by the author of the article;
- when the editorial board of the journal detects violations of scientific ethics by the author of the article.

The order of withdrawal (retraction) of the article:
1. After the request of the author or another person, the editorial board of the journal appoints a commission to verify the datas.
2. If a decision is made to withdraw (retraction) the article, the reason and date of the withdrawal (retraction) shall be indicated in the minutes of the meeting of the editorial board. The protocol is submitted to the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) to enter information into a single database of retracted articles. Information about the revoked texts is transferred to scientometric databases and libraries in which the journal is located.
3. In the event of serious moral damage to the parties to the conflict of interest, information about the fact of violation of scientific ethics can be transferred to the author's place of work.
4. The editors reserve the right to decide on further cooperation with the author of the retracted article.

CORRECTIONS, APPROVALS, DISCLAIMERS

Grounds for Correcting Published Article:
- errors found make the work invalid, but a small part of the publication turns out to be unreliable;
- contains errors in the list of authors;
- a small part of the article turns out to be plagiarism;
- found that the article was published in another journal.

Corrections are posted in the "News" section in the form of an editorial comment. In the commentary to the article, the original phrase from the article is given and a commentary on it is posted. The online version of the material is being corrected with the date of the correction and a link to the printed source of the typo.

If falsified material is found in published articles, the corresponding editorial commentary explains why the article is refuted or apologizes, with reference to the article.