Correction and Retraction
Policy Statement
Idarotuna: Journal of Administrative Science is committed to maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and completeness of the scholarly record. When errors or misconduct are identified, the journal will take appropriate action in accordance with the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and international publishing practices relevant to Scopus evaluation.
Corrections
A correction will be published when an error affects the accuracy, interpretation, metadata, or presentation of an article but does not invalidate its principal findings.
Corrections may address inaccurate data, author names, affiliations, tables, figures, references, funding information, acknowledgements, or conflict-of-interest statements. The correction notice will explain the error and the changes made.
The original article will remain accessible and will be linked to the correction notice. Minor spelling or formatting errors that do not affect the meaning or integrity of the article may be corrected without a formal notice.
Author Corrections
An author correction may be issued when the authors identify an error after publication. Authors must notify the Editorial Office promptly and provide a clear explanation and supporting evidence.
The editors will determine whether the error requires a formal correction, expression of concern, or retraction.
Publisher Corrections
A publisher correction may be issued when an error was introduced during editing, production, metadata processing, or online publication. The notice will clearly identify the publisher’s responsibility for the error.
Changes in Authorship
The addition, removal, or reordering of authors after publication requires a written explanation and agreement from all affected authors. Each person added as an author must meet the journal’s authorship criteria.
Approved authorship changes will be published through a formal correction. Unresolved disputes may be referred to the authors’ institutions.
Expression of Concern
An expression of concern may be published when serious questions have been raised about an article but the evidence remains inconclusive or an institutional investigation has not been completed.
The notice will describe the concern without making an unsupported conclusion. It will be linked to the original article and may later be replaced or supplemented by a correction, retraction, or notice confirming that the concern has been resolved.
Retraction
An article may be retracted when there is clear evidence that its findings or conclusions are unreliable. Reasons may include:
- fabrication or falsification of data;
- major errors that invalidate the findings;
- plagiarism or copyright infringement;
- duplicate or redundant publication;
- unethical research;
- manipulated peer review;
- serious authorship misconduct;
- unauthorized use of data;
- undisclosed conflicts that materially affect the findings; or
- another serious violation of publication ethics.
Retraction is intended to correct the scholarly record and inform readers, not merely to punish authors.
Retraction Notice
A retraction notice will:
- clearly identify the retracted article;
- state the reasons for retraction;
- identify who requested or approved the retraction;
- distinguish honest error from confirmed misconduct;
- remain permanently accessible;
- be linked to the original article; and
- include the publication date of the notice.
The original article will normally remain online to preserve the publication record but will be clearly marked as retracted on every available version.
Withdrawal Before Publication
An accepted manuscript may be withdrawn before final publication when a serious ethical problem, duplicate submission, authorship dispute, legal issue, or fundamental error is identified.
Authors requesting withdrawal must provide a written explanation approved by all authors. The journal may also withdraw an accepted manuscript when continuing publication would compromise research integrity.
Article Removal
A published article will be removed only in exceptional circumstances, such as when its continued availability creates a serious legal, privacy, public-safety, or health risk.
When removal is necessary, the article content will be replaced with a notice explaining why it was removed. The DOI and bibliographic record will be preserved whenever legally possible.
Retraction and Replacement
In rare cases, an article may be retracted and replaced when an honest error invalidates the original article but a corrected version can provide reliable findings.
The replacement article will be independently reviewed, clearly linked to the retraction notice, and identified as a corrected version.
Post-Publication Investigation
Concerns raised after publication will be assessed fairly and confidentially. Authors may be asked to provide original data, ethical approvals, consent documents, authorship statements, or other supporting evidence.
Serious matters may be referred to the authors’ institutions, funders, ethics committees, or relevant authorities. The journal may issue an expression of concern while an investigation is in progress.
Appeals
Authors may appeal a correction or retraction decision by submitting a written explanation and relevant new evidence. The appeal will be reviewed by an editor or independent person who was not directly responsible for the original decision.
An appeal will not automatically delay necessary action to protect readers or maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
Indexing and Metadata
The journal will update article metadata and notify relevant indexing services, DOI registration agencies, and repositories when a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or removal is published.
All notices will be freely accessible, clearly labelled, and permanently linked to the affected article.
