Article Retraction & Withdrawal

Author-initiated withdrawal

Authors may request withdrawal by writing to the Editor-in-Chief with the manuscript ID and the reason.

Stage Consequence
Before peer review begins Withdrawal granted without penalty
During peer review Withdrawal granted; the corresponding author must provide a written justification
After acceptance, before publication Withdrawal discouraged. If granted, a withdrawal fee of [[IDR 0]] applies to cover editorial and review costs, and the authors may be barred from submitting for [[one year]]
After publication Withdrawal is not possible; the article may only be retracted under the procedure below

Withdrawing a manuscript in order to submit it elsewhere while it is under review at JPESI constitutes unethical conduct.

Retraction

JPESI follows COPE Retraction Guidelines. The Editorial Board retracts a published article when:

  • The findings are unreliable through misconduct (fabrication, falsification) or honest error
  • The work has been published previously without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification
  • The article contains plagiarised material
  • The research was conducted without required ethical approval or participant consent
  • Authorship has been misrepresented
  • An undisclosed conflict of interest materially affects the interpretation

Retraction procedure

  1. The Editorial Board investigates the concern and requests a written explanation from the authors.
  2. Where the concern is substantiated, the Board notifies the authors and their institutions of the decision.
  3. A retraction notice titled "Retraction: [article title]" is published in the next available issue, is freely available to all readers, and states who is retracting the article and why.
  4. The original article remains online with a clear "RETRACTED" watermark on every page of the PDF and a link to the retraction notice.
  5. Indexing services and Crossref are notified so that the retraction is reflected in the article metadata.

The article is not removed from the journal website. Removal occurs only where the article is defamatory, infringes legal rights, is subject to a court order, or presents a serious health risk; in such cases the metadata is retained and replaced by a legal notice.

Corrections

Errors that do not invalidate the findings are addressed through a Corrigendum (author error) or an Erratum (publisher error). Both are linked bidirectionally to the original article.

Expression of Concern

Where an investigation is inconclusive or ongoing, the Editorial Board may publish an Expression of Concern to alert readers, and replaces it with a retraction or a resolution notice once the investigation concludes.