R-W-C Policy

Jurnal Keolahragaan is committed to keeping the scholarly record accurate and complete. Published articles are treated as final and permanent. Changes after publication are made only through the transparent procedures below, which follow the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Authors, readers, and reviewers can raise a concern by writing to the editorial office at jurnal.keolahragaan@uny.ac.id.

1. Withdrawal of a submitted manuscript

• Before a decision. Authors may withdraw a manuscript at any stage before acceptance. The corresponding author sends a written request on behalf of all authors, stating the reason. The manuscript is withdrawn once the editor confirms it. No fee is charged.
• After acceptance. Withdrawal after acceptance is discouraged, because the editors and reviewers have already invested considerable time. Requests are considered only for serious reasons, such as an error that invalidates the findings. The editor decides on each request.
• A withdrawn manuscript must not be submitted to another journal until the withdrawal has been confirmed in writing.

2. Withdrawal of an article in press

An accepted article that is online but not yet assigned to an issue may be withdrawn if it contains serious errors, duplicates another publication, or breaches our publication ethics policy. The article page keeps its title and authors and states that the article has been withdrawn and why.

3. Retraction of a published article

A published article is retracted, not deleted, when:

• there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, because of misconduct (for example, data fabrication or image manipulation) or honest error (for example, miscalculation);
• the findings have been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (redundant publication);
• the article involves plagiarism, citation manipulation, compromised peer review, or unethical research;
• the authorship is false, or the article reports research without required ethics approval.

The editor investigates following the relevant COPE flowcharts, gives the authors an opportunity to respond, and may consult the Ethics Advisory Board and the authors' institution. A retraction notice is then published and linked to the original article. The notice states who is retracting the article and why. The original article remains available, clearly watermarked as retracted. Retraction is a correction of the record, not a punishment, and authors who identify a serious error in their own work are encouraged to request it.

4. Expression of concern

When an investigation is ongoing or its outcome is inconclusive, the editor may publish an expression of concern linked to the article. It is updated or replaced once the matter is resolved.

5. Corrections

A correction is issued when a small part of an otherwise reliable article is wrong or misleading, or when the author list is incorrect.

• Erratum: corrects an error introduced by the journal during production.
• Corrigendum: corrects an error made by the authors.
• Addendum: adds information from the authors that clarifies or updates the article.

The editors decide whether a correction is needed and which type applies, if necessary with advice from reviewers or editorial board members. Corrections are published with a DOI and linked to the original article.

6. Removal

In rare cases an article may have to be removed for legal reasons, for example when it is defamatory, infringes the legal rights of others, is subject to a court order, or could pose a serious health risk if acted upon. The title and author information remain online with a note that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

7. Replacement

When an article could pose a serious health risk, the authors may retract it and publish a corrected version. The retraction notice links to the corrected article and explains the history of the document.

Copyright retained by authors does not give them the right to retract an article after publication without following this policy.