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Q: How will a retracted paper affect my reputation?

Detailed question-I am sad because I recently got an email from the editor of a journal in which my paper is published, requesting me to retract the paper because they found some errors…
  • Asked on October 16, 2013

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It is unfortunate that the journal has requested retraction of your paper. I would encourage you to respond positively to the journal…

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Q: Is it possible to republish the revised version of a previously retracted paper?

Detailed question-Pretend that a retracted paper was edited as is appropriate. Its title, abstract and introduction have been altered as well. But the edited and the retracted papers (the…

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There have been instances of retracted papers being republished after revision.  If you feel you have successfully corrected all the…

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Q: My article had errors concerning important data but it was accepted without corrections. Will this be a problem?

Detailed question-I submitted an article to a journal, but later realized that it had errors concerning important data. I was afraid to send them a message about it. Thereafter, the…
  • Asked on December 2, 2019

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If I have understood this situation correctly, the article was accepted by the first journal but…

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Q: Should a published article with text plagiarism be retracted or corrected through an erratum?

Detailed question-There is a published article (article 1) with some plagiarised text in the introduction, discussion and abstract. The study design is similar to the article 2 (from…
  • Asked on February 20, 2019

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The COPE retraction guidelines explain in detail when to issue a retraction:

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Q: How should I deal with a breach of ethics I unknowingly made in case reports published 5 years ago?

Detailed question-10 years ago I published a case report for a rare disease in a Japanese paper. And 5 years ago I published two case reports in an English paper. However, these two have…
  • Asked on September 30, 2019

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This would be either a case of duplicate submission or self-plagiarism depending on the extent of content…

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Q: What are the consequences for authors who do not agree with retraction?

Detailed question-One of my paper is under retraction process due to some errors in my figures. The decision is to retract. What is the consequence if the authors do not agree with…

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Thank you for your question. There can be two scenarios—you identified errors in your figure and would like to retract OR…

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Q: What legal redress (if any), does the author of a peer reviewed scientific paper published in a respected journal, have against an editor for unilaterally retracting the article?

  • Asked on July 26, 2021

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We do not think the author has any legal redress against an editor for unilaterally retracting an article. The Committee on…

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