Procedure for Retraction (Withdrawal) of Published Articles

In cases where violations of the rules are identified or suspected, as well as in situations requiring necessary corrections to a publication, the editorial board considers such cases in accordance with the current COPE guidelines.

The purpose of retraction is to correct already published information and to ensure compliance with the principles of academic integrity in scholarly publications. The retraction procedure may be initiated by authors, the journal’s editorial board, readers, or other authorized persons.

Grounds for retraction include the detection of plagiarism or improper use of sources, significant errors affecting the reliability of results, data fabrication or manipulation, failure to disclose conflicts of interest, as well as violations of ethical standards in the conduct of research.

The person initiating the retraction submits a written request with a justification of the reasons and supporting evidence. The Editor-in-Chief then reviews the request within a specified timeframe and, if necessary, establishes a committee of independent experts to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the materials and to hear the authors’ explanations within a defined period.

Based on the results of the review, the committee makes a decision by majority vote: to reject the request, recommend corrections, or fully retract the article. In the case of retraction, the article is marked as retracted, and a corresponding notice is published with an explanation of the reasons and a reference to the original publication. Authors, bibliographic databases, and the scholarly community are also informed.

The retracted article remains in the journal archive with an appropriate label, and information about the retraction is published in the nearest issue. Authors have the right to receive a justification of the decision, submit an appeal, and publish their own commentary. The appeal is reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief within a specified timeframe.