Published Article Retraction

 If, after publication, the editorial board finds out that there have been significant problems related to the published paper or review (for example, serious mistakes or inaccuracies, conflicts of interest, plagiarism), it should promptly notify the author(s) and take the necessary steps to solve this problem, and, if necessary, remove the paper or publish the retraction.

  A retraction, or paper withdrawal from the journal, is possible in the case when:

- the editors have clear evidence that the submitted data are unreliable or obtained as a result of illegal actions (for example, data juggling);

- the paper was previously published in other publications without proper authorization or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication);

- the paper is plagiarized;

- the paper contains information on unethical research.

In this regard, the editorial staff will go through the following steps:

- a withdrawal note entitled ‘Retraction of the paper: [title of the article]’ signed by the authors and/or Editor-in-Chief will be published in the forthcoming printed issue of the journal. The note will be included in the Contents of the journal;

- in the electronic version of the proximate issue, a link will be added to the original article;

- the page of the article will indicate that the article has been ‘Retracted’;

- the original article will be kept unchanged, except for a watermark inserted in .pdf, indicating on each page that the article is ‘Retracted’.