Article Withdrawal Policy

It is a fundamental principle of scholarly publishing that the Editor of an academic journal has the independent authority to decide which submitted manuscripts are accepted for publication. In making these decisions, the Editor is guided by the journal’s editorial policies and must comply with applicable legal and ethical requirements, including those related to defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. As a result, the journal’s published content forms part of the scholarly record and should remain permanent, citable, and unchanged whenever possible.

Nevertheless, in rare and exceptional situations, an article may need to be withdrawn, corrected, retracted, replaced, or in very limited cases removed. Such actions are not taken lightly and will only be considered when necessary to protect the integrity of the scientific record, the rights of authors and readers, or to address serious ethical or legal concerns.

Respobio Journal: Postharvest Technology and Food Biotechnology manages post-publication changes in accordance with widely accepted best practices in scholarly publishing, including guidance from COPE and other recognized international recommendations concerning corrections and retractions. When an article is retracted or corrected, the journal will issue a clear notice explaining the reason, and the notice will be permanently linked to the original publication. Where technically feasible, the original article remains accessible to maintain transparency of the scholarly record, clearly marked with its updated status.

Article Withdrawal

Article withdrawal is applied only to Articles in Press, which are early versions of accepted manuscripts that have not yet been formally published and therefore do not yet carry complete volume, issue, or page information. Such articles may occasionally contain significant errors, be submitted accidentally more than once, or be found to violate professional or publication ethics.

An Article in Press may be withdrawn if it is discovered to include major errors, to be an accidental duplicate of another published or submitted article, or to breach the journal’s ethical standards, including but not limited to multiple submission, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, or fraudulent use of data, as determined by the Editors.

When an article is withdrawn from the Respobio Journal: Postharvest Technology and Food Biotechnology archive, the article content (HTML and PDF) will be removed and replaced with a notice page (HTML and PDF) stating that the article has been withdrawn in accordance with the journal’s Article in Press Withdrawal Policy, with a link to the relevant policy document.

Article Retraction

Article retraction may be issued in cases of serious violations of publication ethics, including but not limited to multiple submission, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, and fraudulent or manipulated data. In certain circumstances, a retraction may also be used to correct major errors that significantly affect the reliability of the submission or the published record. Retraction is a recognized mechanism in scholarly publishing to maintain the integrity of the literature and is applied only after careful assessment.

Respobio Journal: Postharvest Technology and Food Biotechnology adopts established best practices for handling retractions, including the following procedures:

• A retraction notice titled “Retraction: [Article Title]”, signed by the author(s) and/or the Editor, will be published in a subsequent issue and listed in the table of contents.

• The electronic version will provide a clear link between the retraction notice and the original article.

• The online article page will display the retraction notice prominently before access to the article content.

• The original PDF will remain available to preserve the scholarly record, but it will be clearly marked (e.g., with a watermark on each page) as “Retracted.”

• The HTML full-text version may be removed or replaced by the retraction notice, depending on the journal’s technical implementation, while ensuring transparency and traceability.

The retraction process follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed here.

Article retraction may be issued in cases of serious violations of publication ethics, including but not limited to multiple submission, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, and fraudulent or manipulated data. In certain circumstances, a retraction may also be used to correct major errors that significantly affect the reliability of the submission or the published record. Retraction is a recognized mechanism in scholarly publishing to maintain the integrity of the literature and is applied only after careful assessment.

Respobio Journal: Postharvest Technology and Food Biotechnology adopts established best practices for handling retractions, including the following procedures:

A retraction notice titled “Retraction: [Article Title]”, signed by the author(s) and/or the Editor, will be published in a subsequent issue and listed in the table of contents.

The electronic version will provide a clear link between the retraction notice and the original article.

The online article page will display the retraction notice prominently before access to the article content.

The original PDF will remain available to preserve the scholarly record, but it will be clearly marked (e.g., with a watermark on each page) as “Retracted.”

The HTML full-text version may be removed or replaced by the retraction notice, depending on the journal’s technical implementation, while ensuring transparency and traceability.

The retraction process follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed here.

Article Removal: Legal Limitations

Article Replacement