Retraction, Correction and Withdrawal Policy

Journal of Statistics and Data Analytics

Retraction, Correction and Withdrawal Policy

Policy Summary: Journal of Statistics and Data Analytics (JSDA) is committed to maintaining the accuracy, integrity, transparency, and reliability of the scholarly record. When significant problems are identified in a submitted or published manuscript, the journal may take appropriate action, including correction, retraction, expression of concern, or withdrawal, depending on the nature, severity, and publication stage of the issue. Such actions are intended to preserve the integrity of published research rather than to punish authors.

A. GENERAL PRINCIPLES

JSDA recognizes that the scholarly record should remain as complete, accurate, and transparent as reasonably possible. Editorial action may be taken when:

  • significant errors are discovered;
  • research findings are shown to be unreliable;
  • publication misconduct is identified or reasonably established;
  • ethical requirements have been seriously violated;
  • duplicate or redundant publication is identified;
  • authorship or attribution problems materially affect the publication record;
  • significant statistical or computational problems invalidate reported conclusions.

B. TYPES OF EDITORIAL ACTION

Correction

Used when an error or omission requires amendment but the principal findings of the article remain reliable.

 Retraction

Used when the findings or publication record are seriously unreliable or affected by major misconduct or fundamental error.
Expression of Concern

Used when serious concerns exist but sufficient evidence for correction or retraction is not yet available.

 Withdrawal

Used primarily for manuscripts that have not yet been formally published and are removed from the publication workflow.

C. CORRECTION POLICY

A correction may be issued when an error in a published article requires formal amendment but does not invalidate the principal findings or overall reliability of the work. Examples may include:

  • errors in author information or affiliation;
  • minor errors in tables or figures;
  • incorrect labels, units, or numerical values;
  • errors in equations or mathematical notation that do not materially alter the conclusions;
  • minor statistical reporting errors;
  • incorrect or incomplete references;
  • omitted acknowledgments or funding information;
  • other errors that require clarification but do not invalidate the article.

D. STATISTICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CORRECTIONS

Because JSDA publishes research in statistics and data analytics, particular attention is given to errors involving statistical calculations, models, algorithms, software, and computational procedures. A correction may be appropriate when an identified error can be repaired without changing the fundamental validity of the article. Examples may include:

  • minor coding errors with limited impact on reported results;
  • incorrect rounding or transcription of statistical estimates;
  • minor errors in confidence intervals, p-values, or summary statistics;
  • incorrect graph labels or plotting errors;
  • limited computational errors that can be transparently corrected;
  • minor inconsistencies between reported outputs and analytical tables.

E. CORRECTION NOTICE

When a formal correction is required, the journal should provide a correction notice that identifies the original article and clearly explains the nature of the correction. The correction should be linked to the original article where technically possible. The scholarly publication record should not be silently altered in a manner that conceals the history of the correction.

F. RETRACTION POLICY

Retraction may be considered when there is substantial evidence that a published article is unreliable, seriously unethical, or materially compromises the integrity of the scholarly record. Possible grounds for retraction include:

  • data fabrication;
  • data falsification;
  • major plagiarism;
  • duplicate or redundant publication;
  • serious copyright infringement;
  • unethical research involving participants or data;
  • major authorship misconduct;
  • manipulation of the peer-review process;
  • major statistical or computational errors that invalidate the findings;
  • manipulation of statistical analyses or selective reporting that materially misrepresents results;
  • other serious forms of research or publication misconduct.

G. STATISTICAL OR ANALYTICAL GROUNDS FOR RETRACTION

Retraction may be appropriate when a statistical, computational, or analytical problem is sufficiently serious that the principal conclusions can no longer be considered reliable. Examples may include:

  • fundamental errors in statistical model specification;
  • major coding errors that materially change the principal results;
  • use of fabricated or falsified datasets;
  • serious manipulation of analytical procedures;
  • intentional exclusion of observations to generate misleading conclusions;
  • invalid simulation procedures that undermine the central findings;
  • serious data leakage or invalid validation procedures in predictive modeling;
  • fundamental mathematical errors that invalidate theoretical results;
  • systematic misrepresentation of statistical uncertainty or model performance.

H. RETRACTION NOTICE

A retraction notice should:

  • clearly identify the retracted article;
  • state that the article has been retracted;
  • provide the reason for retraction as clearly as reasonably possible;
  • identify who is issuing the retraction where appropriate;
  • be linked to the original article where technically possible;
  • remain openly accessible as part of the publication record.

I. STATUS OF A RETRACTED ARTICLE

Where technically appropriate and legally permissible, the bibliographic record of a retracted article should remain available to preserve the transparency of the scholarly record. The article or its landing page should be clearly marked as RETRACTED and linked to the corresponding retraction notice. Retraction should not normally be used to make a published article disappear without explanation.

J. EXPRESSION OF CONCERN

An Expression of Concern may be issued when serious questions have been raised about a published article but the available evidence is not yet sufficient to determine whether a correction or retraction is appropriate. This may occur when:

  • an investigation is ongoing;
  • available evidence is inconclusive;
  • essential data or documentation cannot yet be verified;
  • there are unresolved concerns about research integrity;
  • significant statistical or analytical concerns require further expert evaluation.

K. MANUSCRIPT WITHDRAWAL POLICY

Authors may request the withdrawal of a manuscript before publication by submitting a written request to the Editorial Office. The request should provide the manuscript title, submission identification information, corresponding author details, and a clear reason for the withdrawal. A withdrawal request is not considered complete until the Editorial Office has formally confirmed that the manuscript has been withdrawn from the publication workflow.

L. WITHDRAWAL BEFORE PEER REVIEW

Authors who wish to withdraw a manuscript during the initial editorial screening stage should contact the Editorial Office as soon as possible. Where the manuscript has not yet entered external peer review, the Editorial Team may process the withdrawal request after confirming the corresponding author's request and the status of the submission.

M. WITHDRAWAL DURING PEER REVIEW

When a manuscript has already entered peer review, authors should provide a reasonable explanation for requesting withdrawal. The Editorial Team may confirm the status of ongoing reviews before formally closing the submission. Authors should not submit the same manuscript to another journal until the withdrawal has been formally confirmed.

N. WITHDRAWAL AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Withdrawal after formal acceptance should be requested only for legitimate and clearly explained reasons, because editorial, peer-review, copyediting, or production work may already have been undertaken. Requests received after acceptance will be evaluated by the Editorial Team according to the publication stage and circumstances of the request.

O. WITHDRAWAL DURING PRODUCTION

When a manuscript has entered copyediting, layout, proofreading, or final production, a withdrawal request requires careful editorial consideration. The Editorial Team may request additional clarification because the article may already be incorporated into an issue, galley, metadata record, or other production workflow.

P. AFTER FORMAL PUBLICATION

Once an article has been formally published, a standard manuscript withdrawal is generally no longer appropriate. Concerns identified after publication will normally be addressed through the journal's Correction, Expression of Concern, or Retraction procedures, depending on the nature and severity of the issue.

Q. INAPPROPRIATE WITHDRAWAL PRACTICES

The following practices may raise publication-ethics concerns:

  • submitting the same manuscript to another journal before withdrawal from JSDA has been confirmed;
  • requesting withdrawal to conceal duplicate submission;
  • requesting withdrawal to avoid investigation of suspected plagiarism or research misconduct;
  • repeated submission and withdrawal in a manner that misuses editorial or reviewer resources;
  • providing false or misleading reasons for withdrawal.

R. REPORTING A CONCERN

Concerns regarding a submitted or published article may be communicated to the Editorial Office by authors, readers, reviewers, editors, institutions, or other parties with relevant information. Reports should, where possible, include:

  • the article or manuscript title;
  • relevant publication or submission information;
  • a clear description of the concern;
  • supporting evidence or documentation where available;
  • contact information for follow-up communication where appropriate.

S. ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATION

Step Stage Description
1 Initial Assessment The Editorial Team assesses the nature and credibility of the reported concern.
2 Clarification Authors or other relevant parties may be asked to provide explanations, data, code, documentation, or supporting evidence.
3 Expert Evaluation Additional statistical, methodological, ethical, or subject expertise may be sought when necessary.
4 Editorial Determination The journal determines whether correction, retraction, expression of concern, or another action is appropriate.
5 Publication Action The appropriate notice or metadata update is published where required.

T. AUTHOR COOPERATION

Authors are expected to cooperate with reasonable editorial inquiries concerning errors, data, statistical analyses, code, authorship, ethical approval, or other matters relevant to the reliability of the manuscript. Failure to respond does not necessarily prevent the journal from taking appropriate editorial action when sufficient evidence is available.

U. PARTIAL ERRORS AND ARTICLE RELIABILITY

When an error affects only a limited part of an article and the remaining findings remain reliable, the Editorial Team will consider whether a correction provides a clearer and more proportionate solution than retraction. Retraction is generally reserved for circumstances where the reliability or integrity of the article as a whole, or a substantial part of it, is materially compromised.

V. AUTHOR AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT

Where possible, authors will be informed about proposed major post-publication actions. However, a correction, expression of concern, or retraction may be issued without unanimous agreement from all authors when the Editorial Team determines that such action is necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.

W. TRANSPARENCY OF THE PUBLICATION RECORD

JSDA seeks to maintain a transparent scholarly record. Where corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern are issued, the journal will seek to preserve appropriate links between the notice and the affected article and to clearly identify the publication status. Silent deletion or undocumented alteration of published scholarly content should be avoided except where compelling legal, privacy, or safety considerations require otherwise.

X. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER JOURNAL POLICIES

This policy should be read together with the journal's Publication Ethics, Similarity Check Policy, Peer Review Process, Copyright and License, and AI Tools Usage Policy . Cases involving plagiarism, duplicate publication, data misconduct, statistical manipulation, AI-related misconduct, or other ethical concerns may therefore involve more than one JSDA policy.

Protecting the Integrity of the Scholarly Record

Journal of Statistics and Data Analytics is committed to correcting the scholarly record when reliable evidence demonstrates that published information is inaccurate, misleading, unreliable, or ethically problematic. Correction, retraction, expression of concern, and withdrawal procedures are applied with the objective of maintaining academic transparency, statistical integrity, and confidence in published research.

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