Erratum, corrections and retractions policy
Errata, Corrections and Retractions Policy
Articles published in this journal will remain accurate and unaltered on the Aisthesis platform. However, due to external and exceptional circumstances, an article may need to be corrected or a retraction may be requested. The editorial team of the journal will carefully analyze each request in this regard to ensure that they are made with maximum guarantees and based on the standards recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In these cases, the regime of standards and control mechanisms for scholarly communication has several main rectification procedures according to the type, severity and consequences of the inaccuracy detected. These may be in the form of a notice of serious misprint or correction, a retraction and, on rare occasions, the deletion of the article. The purpose of this mechanism is that changes are transparent, and the integrity of the academic record is always guaranteed.
Erratum
An errata notice will be issued when it is necessary to correct an error or serious omission made by the journal after publication that may affect the publication record or the reputation of the authorship or the journal, but where the scholarly integrity of the article remains intact.
All errors will be accompanied by a separate notice. The notice should provide clear details of the error and the changes that have been made to the paper.
In these circumstances:
1. The article will be corrected.
2. An endnote will be added to the article with a reference to the errata notice.
3. A separate erratum or correction notice linked to the corrected version will be published.
4. The erratum or correction document will be paginated and with DOI.
Corrections
A correction notice will be issued when it is necessary to correct an error or serious omission made by the authors that affects the publication record or the reputation of the authors or the journal, but where the scholarly integrity of the article remains intact.
All errors will be accompanied by a separate notice. The notice should provide clear details of the error and the changes that have been made to the paper.
In these circumstances:
1. The article will be corrected.
2. A note will be added to the article at the end with reference to the correction notice.
3. A separate erratum or correction notice linked to the corrected version will be published.
4. The erratum or correction document will be paginated and with DOI.
Retractions
A notice of retraction will be issued when a major error invalidates the conclusions of the article, or when there has been research misconduct or publication misconduct. Authorships may request retraction of their articles if their reasons meet the criteria for retraction.
Retraction will be considered:
- If there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication or image manipulation) or error (e.g., computational error or experimental error).
- Whether the findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (e.g., cases of redundant publication or duplicate publication).
- Whether the research constitutes plagiarism.
- If there is evidence of fraudulent authorship.
- Whether there is evidence of compromised peer review.
- If there is evidence of unethical research and violations of professional ethical codes.
When a decision to retract an article has been made:
1. A watermark «article retracted» shall be added to the published version of the article record.
2. The legend «Article retracted: [article title]» shall be added.
3. A separate retraction statement, entitled «Retraction: [article title]», shall be published and linked to the retracted article. This note shall be signed by the editors of the journal.
4. The retraction statement will be paginated and assigned a DOI.
Article Deletion
Removal of an article will be carried out in exceptional circumstances where the problems are of a very serious nature and cannot be addressed by a correction or retraction notice.
This will only occur:
- Where the article is clearly defamatory or infringes other legal rights.
- When an article is subject to a court order.
- Where the article, if not acted upon, could pose a serious health risk.
In the event that an article is removed, the metadata (authorship and title) will be retained and the text will be replaced by a document stating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.