Procedure for retracting published articles

The process of reconsidering a published article may be initiated in the event of a complaint. The process of reconsidering an article involves editors, independent reviewers, and, if necessary, the authors’ institutions. The first stage of reconsidering an article is to send a request to the authors of the article in order to receive a reasoned response to the suspicion identified. Regardless of the authors’ response, the final decision to retract the article is made by the editorial board based on additional expert evaluation.

Guided by the COPE recommendations on Retraction, if the result of reconsidering a published article proves the presence of plagiarism or self-plagiarism, improper citation, excessive use of AI tools, falsification of the material presented in the article, and other violations of academic integrity, or if it is found that the scientific results of the article are not reliable, the published article will be retracted.

The metadata and full text of the retracted article remain publicly available on the Social Work and Education journal website, with a note added to inform readers about the status of the article. A notice will also be posted detailing the reasons for the retraction.

If, as a result of the re-examination of the published article, minor errors are identified that are unintentional and do not affect the scientific results of the study, the published article will be corrected. The original and corrected versions of the article will be publicly available on the "Social Work and Education" journal website. A notice will also be posted detailing each change made to the published article.

The journal is committed to maintaining confidentiality at all stages of the re-examination of the published article. The journal also undertakes, in the event of a withdrawal or correction of a published article, to notify all resources, libraries and repositories where articles published in the "Social Work and Education" journal are posted, in order to maintain the reliability and transparency of publication ethics.

If, as a result of a re-examination of the published article, no violations or errors are proven, the published article will remain on the website of the "Social Work and Education" journal without any changes or additions.