Responsibilities and Duties of Authors and the Editorial Board During Article Withdrawing According to ETOXEC Journal Publishing Policies
Withdrawal of Unpublished Articles
Articles can only be withdraw if they have not been officially published. To retract an article, the authors must write a clear and concise letter that includes a detailed explanation of why the article needs to be retracted. This letter must be signed by all authors. The journal reserves the right to retract an article due to plagiarism, fraudulent data usage, or other ethical violations.
Withdrawal of Published Articles
Articles that have been officially published on the website can be retracted. A note titled "Retraction: [article title]" signed by the authors will be published on the website as part of the next issue. The original link will contain the article but will include a watermark, and the note will appear before the article. The HTML version will be removed.
Article Removal
In extreme cases where continuing to publish the article would result in serious legal rights violations or health risks, the article will be removed from the online database and replaced with a screen indicating why the article was removed.
Article Replacement
If an article contains information that poses a health risk, the author can retract the original article and replace it with a new one. In this case, the article retraction process will be followed, and the retraction note will include a new link to the new article.