Retraction Policy
The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Open Research and Advancement (IJMORA) may retract a published article when serious concerns show that the article is unreliable, unethical, duplicated, plagiarized, based on invalid data, affected by serious error, or no longer trustworthy as part of the scholarly record.
Retraction is a serious publication action. It is used to protect readers, authors, institutions, indexing services, and the academic community from relying on work that contains major errors, misconduct, unethical research, or invalid conclusions.
Research Integrity
Retractions help preserve trust in scholarly publishing by correcting the literature when serious problems are confirmed.
Transparent Notice
IJMORA aims to publish clear retraction notices explaining the reason for retraction while maintaining the article record.
Fair Investigation
Retraction concerns are reviewed carefully, and authors may be asked to provide explanations, data, or supporting documents.
Scholarly Record
Retracted articles may remain accessible with clear labeling so readers understand the article’s publication history.
Possible Reasons for Retraction
IJMORA may retract an article when evidence indicates that the findings, data, authorship, ethical approval, peer review, or publication process is seriously compromised.
- Fabricated or falsified data.
- Major plagiarism or duplicate publication.
- Unethical research without required approval.
- Manipulated images, figures, tables, or results.
- Serious methodological error invalidating the conclusions.
- False or misleading authorship information.
- Peer-review manipulation or fake reviewer activity.
- Undisclosed conflict of interest that affected interpretation.
- Use of copyrighted material without permission where required.
- Unreliable conclusions caused by honest but major error.
- Legal, ethical, or institutional concern requiring removal or notice.
Retraction Investigation Process
When a concern is raised, IJMORA may review the published article, submission files, reviewer reports, editorial records, similarity reports, author responses, raw data, image files, ethical approval documents, and any other relevant evidence.
Authors may be contacted and given an opportunity to respond. The journal may also contact reviewers, editors, institutions, funders, or other relevant parties where necessary.
Retraction Notice
When a retraction is issued, IJMORA will aim to keep the scholarly record transparent by linking the article record with a clear retraction notice. The notice may include the article title, author information, publication details, reason for retraction, date of retraction, and responsible editorial authority.
Retraction notices should be visible, permanently linked to the article, and clearly identified to prevent readers from citing unreliable findings without context.
Article Status After Retraction
A retracted article may remain available on the journal website for transparency, but it should be clearly marked as retracted. IJMORA may add a watermark, article label, notice, metadata update, or other indicator showing that the article has been retracted.
Removal of the full article may occur only in exceptional situations, such as legal requirements, privacy risks, harmful content, copyright violations, or serious public safety concerns.
Correction
Used when an article contains errors that need correction but the main conclusions remain reliable.
Expression of Concern
Used when serious concerns exist but the investigation is incomplete or evidence remains unresolved.
Retraction
Used when the article is seriously unreliable, unethical, duplicated, plagiarized, or invalid.
Withdrawal
Used for certain unpublished, early-stage, proof-stage, or administratively removed records where appropriate.
Author Responsibility
Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, data integrity, ethical approval, authorship information, citations, figures, tables, conflicts of interest, AI-use disclosure, and final content of their published work.
Authors should promptly notify IJMORA if they discover a major error, ethical concern, unreliable result, or publication problem in their published article.
Appeals Against Retraction
Authors may appeal a retraction decision by submitting clear evidence, original data, documentation, ethical approval records, image source files, or explanation addressing the concerns. Appeals are reviewed carefully but do not guarantee reversal.
Indexing, Metadata and Notification
When a retraction occurs, IJMORA may update article metadata and notify indexing databases, repositories, abstracting services, institutional contacts, DOI agencies, or relevant platforms where applicable.
Final Retraction Statement
IJMORA uses retractions to correct the scholarly record, protect research integrity, and prevent unreliable or unethical work from being treated as valid scientific evidence. Retraction is not used to punish authors personally; it is used to maintain trust in academic publishing.