Published article recall process

1. Grounds for retraction
The Editorial Board may decide to retract (withdraw) a published article in the following cases:
- plagiarism or duplicate publication is detected;
- falsification or fabrication of scientific data or results is proven;
- unscrupulous authorship (ghost authorship / gift authorship / honorary authorship) is confirmed;
- undeclared conflict of interest is detected;
- undeclared or prohibited use of AI tools is proven;
- it is established that the review or submission process of the manuscript has been compromised.
2. Correction (Corrigendum / Erratum)
A correction is published if the detected error does not affect the main results and conclusions, but may mislead readers. Typical grounds: minor technical errors in formulas, tables or figures; change in the composition of authors with justification; undeclared conflict of interest that does not affect the results.
3. Procedure
1. The identified error or violation is reported to the authors or the editor within 5 working days.
2. The authors are given the opportunity to provide explanations and/or objections within 30 calendar days.
3. The editorial board makes a decision (remain / correct / withdraw / delete).
4. The withdrawn articles remain in the archive with a clear indication of “RETRACTED”, the date and reason for the retraction.
5. The retraction notice is published in the public domain; metadata is updated in CrossRef and other databases where the journal is indexed.
The authors’ disagreement with the editorial board’s decision cannot stop or delay the retraction process.
4. Article deletion
In exceptional cases (the article violates the confidentiality of a person, is the subject of a court decision, poses a security threat), the full text of the article may be deleted. Metadata (title, abstract, author information, list of sources) and deletion notice remain published.