Manuscript Policy

General Policy of Manuscripts Withdrawal (Retraction)

It is a general principle of scholarly communication that the editor of a journal is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published. In making this decision, the editor is guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by applicable legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. An outcome of this principle is the importance of the scholarly archive as a permanent and historical record of scholarly transactions. Articles that have been published shall remain extant, exact, and unaltered as far as is possible. However, very occasionally circumstances may arise where an article is published that must later be retracted or even removed. Such actions must not be undertaken lightly and can only occur under exceptional circumstances. In addition, Author(s) (and/or their institution) will be punished with any article withdrawal in the form of an article submission ban (temporary up to permanent ban).

This policy has been designed to address these concerns and to incorporate current best practices in the scholarly and library communities. As standards evolve and change, we will revisit this issue and welcome input from the academic and library communities. We believe these issues require international standards. All of the Article Withdrawal Policies in the Journal of Mathematics and its Applications (Krestama Math), including Withdrawal of Manuscripts, Articles in Press, Article Retraction, Article Removal, and Article Replacement Policies, are adopted from Elsevier's Article Withdrawal Policy.

Article Withdrawal (Retraction) by Author(s)

Author(s) are not allowed to withdraw an article that has been sent to the Journal of Mathematics and its Applications (Krestama Math) because the withdrawal of the article wastes the resources, time, and effort that the Editor and Peer reviewers have put into processing the article. Suppose the author is still requesting the withdrawal of the article. In that case, the author will be punished in the form of a ban on the submission of a manuscript for (maximum) 6 numbers (3 volumes or 3 years) for the manuscript withdrawal in the review process. However, it is highly unethical to withdraw the manuscript that has been sent to a journal because another journal has accepted it.

Withdrawing the article after it has been accepted for publication is highly unethical. The author will be given a punishment in the form of being banned on the submission of a manuscript for (maximum) 20 numbers (10 Volumes or 10 years). Withdrawal of the manuscript in this policy includes the submission of the article revisions that exceed the time limit specified by the Editor and does not immediately notify the Editor and/or revise the manuscript. If the author did not modify the manuscript until the deadline without any confirmations, the Author can be banned for (maximum) 12 numbers (6 volumes or 6 years).

Authors who make more than one manuscript withdrawal can be banned permanently. This banning may also be applied to the author’s institution. Journal of Mathematics and its Applications (Krestama Math) Editorial Board can publicly announce through Journal of Mathematics and its Applications (Krestama Math) page and/or provide information to other journal editors or other publishers when Journal of Mathematics and its Applications (Krestama Math) Editorial Board is performing the banning processes in these cases.

Article Removal: Legal Limitations

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database. This will only occur where the article is clearly defamatory or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or the Editor has good reason to expect it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk. In these circumstances, while the metadata (Title and Authors) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating 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.