Retraction of Articles

If plagiarism, copyright infringement, unethical copying, absence of institutional ethics approval or violations of other ethical norms of publishing are revealed and proved post-publication, the Editor-in-Chief will act in line with Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Retractions will be also initiated if the Editor-in-Chief has clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, i.e., as a result of major methodological errors and/or miscalculations, fabrication or falsification (e.g.: data or image manipulation).

The Editor-in-Chief should also consider retracting an article if the author(s) failed to disclose a conflict of interest that would have unduly affected recommendations by peer reviewers or if it is revealed that peer review process has been manipulated. In such cases, the Editor-in-Chief makes decisions in an unbiased manner, based on available evidence.

Within a one-week term after the decision to retract the article has been taken, the Editor-in-Chief issues a notice of retraction, expressing concern, apology, and clarification, which clearly identifies the retracted article and states the reason(s) for retraction.