The QUT journal is guided by the International Standards for Retraction of Scientific Articles COPE https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/retraction-guidelines.
Reasons for retraction of scientific material:
- detection of plagiarism in the publication;
- duplication of the article in several publications;
- detection of falsifications or fabrications in the work (for example, manipulation of experimental data);
- detection of serious errors in the work (for example, incorrect interpretation of results), which casts doubt on its scientific value;
- incorrect composition of authors (there is no one worthy of being the author; persons who do not meet the criteria for authorship are included);
- hidden conflict of interest (and other violations of publication ethics);
- republication of the article without the consent of the author.
The journal carries out retraction based on an official request from the author / group of authors, who has reasonably stated the reason for their decision, as well as by decision of the editorial board of the journal based on its own examination or information received by the editorial board.
The editorial board is required to inform the author/corresponding author about the retraction of the material and justify its reasons.
The scientific material remains on the official website of the journal in the corresponding issue, but the table of contents and the electronic version of the text contain the words RETRACTED and the date. The commentary to the retracted scientific material indicates the reason for the retraction.
The article is not mechanically removed from the electronic version of the journal or from the archive; the texts of the retracted scientific materials remain where they were before, with the appropriate note.