Corrections
According to ICMJE Recommendations, honest errors are a part of science and publishing and require the publication of a correction when they are detected. It is our responsibility to correct errors in previously published articles. In such cases, the corrections will be published under the following guidelines:
★ Corrections will be published as soon as possible once honest errors are confirmed;
★ Corrections should state the detailed corrections they made, and link to the original articles;
★ The published original version will not be deleted from the public domain. A link of its correction and a brief note will be displayed together with the original version to warn readers that this article has a correction.
The format of the correction depends on the article’s stage of publication. For current issue articles that have been published on an early view service (or equivalent), corrections may be made directly to the article online. In these cases, an audit trail must be added to highlight what changes have been made to the online version of the article since its initial publication and the date these changes were made.
For those articles that have been published in an issue, a corresponding correction statement should be published and linked to the original article. In these cases, the changes should usually not be made directly to the article.
- Post Publishing:
Corrections are published if the publication record is seriously affected about the accuracy of published information. Corrections are published in the subsequent issue under Corrections and addendum.
Retractions
Plants Science Archives (ISSN 2518-6965) follows a retraction policy primarily guided by the guidelines and standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Withdrawal Policy
Retractions
On rare occasions, published articles may be retracted. The journal believes that the aim of retraction is not to punish authors but to revise the literature and to alert the reader to such publications which may contain serious errors or erroneous data, and whose conclusions are unreliable. Please note that articles will be retracted by publishing a retraction, but will not be deleted from the public domain. Each retraction will be discussed case by case.
COPE has published guidelines for retracting articles which suggest that journals should consider publishing retractions for articles when:
★ They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation);
★ It constitutes plagiarism;
★ The findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e. redundant publication);
★ It contains material or data without necessary authorization for use;
★ Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g., libel, privacy);
★ It reports unethical research;
★ It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process;
★ The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest or conflict of interest that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.
Retractions will be published under the following guidelines:
★ Retractions should be linked to the retracted articles in all electronic versions;
★ Retraction titles should be clearly identified as a retraction;
★ Retractions should include the title of the retracted article, the specific reason for retraction, who is retracting the article, etc.;
★ Retractions should be published as soon as possible to minimize the harmful effects.
Communication Before Publication
We believe it is important that the peer-reviewed and published version of a paper should be available when the work is discussed in the public media, allowing the press to provide informed comments based on this version. Authors may respond to requests from the media in response to a preprint or conference presentation by providing an explanation or clarification of the work, or information about its context. In these circumstances, media coverage will not hinder the editorial handling of the submission. Moreover, we suggest authors make it clear if the paper has not yet undergone peer review, the findings are provisional, and that the conclusions may change.
Post-Publication Discussion
Readers, authors, and organizations are encouraged to contact the editorial office when they find errors and ethical issues in the published articles. The editorial office will investigate and address this issue carefully with the support of Academic Editors, Editorial Board, or Reviewers, and may decide to publish a Correction or Retraction to the published article. Also, readers are encouraged to submit their critique to the editorial office or write a Commentary or Letter to the Editor on the published articles, that will provide their reflection and discussion and will be reviewed.