Retraction of Manuscript

Papers published in this journal will be considered retracted in publication if:

  1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of error (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. calculation error or experimental error)
  2. previous findings have been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (i.e. a case of over-publication)
  3. that is plagiarism
  4. it reports unethical research

The retraction mechanism follows the Retraction Guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.