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Policy statement

Authors work carefully in preparing manuscripts, and the journal carries out peer review. Even so, a published article may occasionally have to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons. This is never done lightly and happens only in extraordinary circumstances.

Corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies, when needed, are therefore handled to strict standards, so that confidence in the authority of the journal's electronic archive is maintained. It is the journal's commitment and policy to keep the important scientific record complete and intact for researchers and librarians.

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Content integrity

The Crossmark icon is the journal's commitment to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur. Crossmark is a multi-publisher initiative of Crossref that gives readers a standard way to find the authoritative version of a document.

Clicking the Crossmark icon shows the reader the current status of a document and may provide further information about its publication record.

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Retraction

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record, so on occasion it is necessary to retract an article. An article may be retracted if:

—  there is a major scientific error that invalidates its conclusions: clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, through misconduct (for example data fabrication) or honest error (for example miscalculation or experimental error);

—  the findings were previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (redundant publication);

—  there are ethical issues such as plagiarism, including of ideas, processes, results, or words obtained through confidential review of others' manuscripts, or inappropriate authorship.

Retraction process

Retractions follow the COPE retraction guidelines:

1.  An article that may need to be retracted is brought to the attention of the journal editor.

2.  The editor follows the step-by-step COPE flowcharts, including evaluating a response from the author concerned.

3.  Before any action is taken, the editor's findings are sent to the Ethics Advisory Board, to ensure a consistent approach in line with good practice.

4.  The final decision is communicated to the author and, where necessary, to other relevant bodies such as the author's institution.

5.  The retraction statement is posted online and published in the next available issue.

Where authors keep the copyright of an article, this does not give them an automatic right to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published record is paramount, and the COPE guidelines still apply.

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Withdrawal

Authors may not withdraw a submitted manuscript, because withdrawal wastes the time that editors and reviewers have spent and the work the publisher has invested. Before submitting through OJS, the author must approve the submission checklist.

—  An article published as “Article in Press” (accepted but not formally published, without full volume, issue, and page information) that contains errors, proves to be an accidental duplicate, or in the editors' view violates the journal's publication ethics (multiple submission, bogus authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, and the like) may be withdrawn from the journal website. The HTML and PDF content is deleted and replaced with a page stating that the article has been withdrawn.

—  A request to withdraw must come as an official letter signed by the corresponding author and the head of the institution, sent to the Principal Editor.

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Correction

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora considers issuing a correction if:

—  a small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves misleading, especially through honest error;

—  the list of authors or contributors is incorrect: a deserving author was omitted, or someone who does not meet the criteria was included.

Three kinds of correction

—  Publisher correction (erratum): notifies readers of an important error made by publishing or journal staff, usually in production, that harms the publication record, the scientific integrity of the article, or the reputation of the authors or journal.

—  Author correction (corrigendum): notifies readers of an important error made by the authors that has the same kind of negative effect.

—  Addendum: an addition by the authors that explains inconsistencies, expands the work, or updates its information.

The editors decide whether a correction is needed, sometimes with advice from reviewers or board members. The handling editor asks the authors for clarification, but the final decision on whether a correction is required, and of what kind, rests with the editors.

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Removal

In an extremely small number of cases a published article may have to be removed from the platform: if it is clearly defamatory, infringes others' legal rights, is or is likely to become the subject of a court order, or may pose a serious health risk if acted upon.

The metadata (title and author information) is kept, and the text is replaced with a notice that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

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Replacement

Where an article could pose a serious health risk if acted upon, the authors may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. The retraction procedure above is then followed, except that the retraction notice contains a link to the corrected, republished article together with the history of the document.