Corrections and Retractions Policy

Research Data Integrity 

Eco-vector Publishing House is committed to uphold the integrity of the literature and publishes Errata (Corrections), Expressions of Concerns or Retraction Notices dependent on the situation and in accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines. In all cases, these notices are linked to the original article.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the authors obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

When errors are identified in published articles, the publisher will consider what action is required and may consult the editors and the authors’ institution(s). 

Errors by the authors may be corrected by a corrigendum, and errors by the publisher — by an erratum (see more).

If there are errors that significantly affect the conclusions or there is evidence of misconduct, this may require retraction or an expression of concern following the COPE Retraction Guidelines. All authors will be asked to agree to the content of the appropriate notice. 

Retraction of an already published paper is a measure of last resort and is applied in case facts are revealed that were not known during the reviewing process.

According to the rules of the Council on Ethics of Scientific Publications of Association of Science Editors and Publishers, the grounds for article retraction are:

After the decision to retract the article is made, the editor-in-chief informs its authors, indicating the reason and date of retraction. The article remains on the journal’s site as part of the corresponding journal issue, but is marked “retracted” with the retraction date (the mark is placed on top of the text of the article and in the table of contents); in addition, a message about retraction is placed in the news section of the site, and the chief editor sends information about the article retraction to all online libraries and databases in which the journal is indexed.

Information on COPE Retraction Guidelines can be found here: Retraction Guidelines


Retraction Mechanism

  1. Authors, Readers, Reviewers, Editors, and Publishers may initiate the retraction of a paper by writing to the Editorial Board of the journal in which the paper was published.

  2. The Retraction Commission shall consider the appeal and notify the parties concerned of the initiation of the procedure.

  3. The Retraction Commission shall decide to retract the published paper if there are sufficient facts in favor of its retraction.

  4. The Retraction Commission shall notify the initiator of the retraction about the results in writing.

  5. If the Commission decides to retract a paper, the journal shall publish information that the paper has been retracted with an indication of its metadata.

  6. If papers from the journal are indexed by any databases, a letter shall be sent to these databases that the paper was retracted with the reasons for the retraction.

  7. The Editorial Board shall be free to make its own decisions on additional sanctions, such as adding the Authors to the journal’s “blacklist” for a certain or indefinite period.


Publication Types

Eco-Vector publish articles of the following types (i.e. notifications on changes in previously published articles).

CrossMark Policy

Eco-Vector is committed to maintaining the integrity and completeness of the published scholarly records and demonstrates this commitment by participating in CrossMark. 

CrossMark is a multi-publisher initiative to provide a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of an article or other published content. By applying the CrossMark logo, Eco-Vector is committing to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur.

Clicking the CrossMark logo on a document will tell you its current status and may also give you additional publication-record information about the document.

For more information on CrossMark, please visit the CrossMark site.

The Eco-Vector content that will have the CrossMark logo is restricted to current and future journal content and is limited to specific publication types (see). Articles in Press will not have the CrossMark icon for the present.

You can find this page on URL: http://doi.org/10.17816/crossmarkpolicy2018



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