In principle, journal editors cannot independently decide which articles shall be published. In making decisions regarding publishing, editors are guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and are limited by applicable legal requirements relating to defamation, copyright infringement, double publishing, authorship issues, and plagiarism. Articles that have been published will remain extant, exact, and unaltered as far as is possible. However, under certain circumstances, articles that have been published must then be withdrawn or even deleted. Such actions should not be carried out except in exceptional circumstances.

A retraction of articles that have been published can be initiated by journal editors, by authors, and/or their institutions. In certain cases, the retraction must be accompanied by an apology for the previous mistakes and/or expressions of gratitude to those who revealed the error to the author. A retraction of published scientific articles must be accompanied by a statement that the original article must not be published and that data and conclusions should not be used as part of the basis for future research.

Article Withdrawal

This circumstance can occur if the initial version of the article contains an error, or may have been accidentally sent twice to both SALAGA Journal and/or a different publisher. In addition, it can also occur due to an element of infringements of the scientific code of ethics, such as double submissions, authorship issues, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, or the like. Articles that meet the element of infringements of the code of ethics upon the awareness of the author can make a withdrawal of their article accompanied by a letter of statement withdrawal addressed to the editorial board of SALAGA Journal.

Article Retraction

A retraction is carried out if an article is indicated to have infringements of scientific ethical codes, such as double submissions, authorship issues, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, fake authors, or the like. Also, a retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. A retraction of an article by the author or editor under the advice of the editorial board of SALAGA Journal.