Retraction Policy

The retraction of published articles can be initiated by journal editors, authors, and/or their affiliated institutions. In certain instances, the retraction should be accompanied by an apology for the previous errors and/or expressions of gratitude to those who identified the inaccuracies. Retractions of published scientific articles must include a statement indicating that the original article should not be cited and that its data and conclusions should not be utilized as a foundation for future research.

Article withdrawal

These circumstances may arise if the initial version of the article contains an error or has been inadvertently submitted simultaneously to E-Justice and/or another publisher. Additionally, retraction can occur due to violations of the scientific code of ethics, such as double submissions, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fraudulent data use, or similar issues. Authors who become aware of such ethical violations in their work may withdraw their article by submitting a withdrawal statement to the editorial board of E-Justice Journal. 

Article retraction

A retraction is carried out if an article is indicated to have an Infringement of scientific ethical codes, such as double submissions, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, fake authors or the like. Also, a retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. A retraction of an article by the author or editor under the advice of the editorial board of the E-Justice. There are several forms of retraction carried out by E-Justice, i.e.:

  1. If the infringements of the scientific code of ethics are indicated before the article is published, the editor will return the manuscript to the author accompanied by a retraction letter from the Chief Editor;
  2. If the infringements of the scientific code of ethics are indicated after the article is published, there are several mechanisms that can occur:
  1. A retraction note titled “Retraction: [article title]” signed by the authors and/or the editor is published in the paginated part of a subsequent issue of the journal and listed in the contents list.
  2. The online article is preceded by a screen containing the retraction note. It is to this screen that the link resolves; the reader can then proceed to the article itself.
  3. The original article is retained unchanged save for a watermark on the .pdf indicating on each page that it is “retracted.”
  4. The HTML version of the document is removed.

Article removal: legal limitations

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database of E-Justice. This action will only be taken if the article is clearly defamatory, a hoax, infringes on others’ legal rights, violates a court order, or endangers state security. In such instances, while the metadata (title and authors) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a notice indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article replacement

In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. In these circumstances, the procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the database retraction notice will publish a link to the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.