R-W-C-R-R Policy

Retraction, Withdrawal, Correction, Removal, Replacement Policy

Policy Statement

The Journal of Media of Law and Sharia acknowledges that the author has worked properly in preparing the manuscript and the peer-review process that will be/has been carried out by the Editor. However, for research purposes, there is a possibility that published articles will be deleted or withdrawn even if it will only be done in an unnatural situation.

This policy refers to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

Retraction

Editors will consider retracting a publication if:

  • They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a 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 previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
  • It contains material or data without authorisation for use.
  • Copyright has been infringed, or there is another 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 (aka, 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.

Withdrawal

The authors are strongly requested not to withdraw the paper that is being processed at journal of Media of Law and Sharia because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts and works invested by the publisher.

For attention, before the author submits the manuscript through our OJS, the author is obliged to approve the checklist that we provide.

  • If the authors request the withdrawal of their manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the authors would be banned to submit their manuscript to journal of Media of Law and Sharia two issues after the withdrawal date.
  • If the manuscript's withdrawal after the manuscript is accepted, and/or do not submit revised manuscripts after the manuscript is "accepted" to publish either with minor or major revision and does not make a confirmation for a long period of time, the authors would be banned to submit their manuscript to journal of Media of Law and Sharia two years after the withdrawal date

Correction

Journal of Media of Law and Sharia should consider issuing a correction if:

  • A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially if this is the result of honest error.
  • The Author or Contributor list is incorrect (e.g. a deserving Author has been omitted or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).
  • Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:
  • Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of an important error made by publishing/journal staff (usually a production error.
  • Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of an important error made by the authors,.
  • Addendum: an addition to the article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, to expand the existing work, or otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.

The decision whether a correction should be issued is made by the Editor(s) of a journal, sometimes with advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members.

Removal

Removal of articles will only happen if an article is clearly defamatory, or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, may pose a serious risk.

The metadata (i.e. title and author information) of the article will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Replacement

The authors of the paper may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version, becauseif acted upon, may pose a serious risk.

The above procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the article retraction notice will contain a link to the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.