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At a glance
- Every post-publication change comes with a linked notice.
- Retracted articles stay online, clearly marked, with the reason.
- Readers can raise comments and concerns with the editor.
Journal Law and Justice keeps the scholarly record accurate and complete. When a problem is found in a published article, the journal publishes a notice that is linked to the original article and indexed with it, following COPE's retraction guidelines.
Types of notices
- Correction (erratum or corrigendum): published when an error affects part of the article (for example an author name, a figure or a number) but not its main findings or conclusions. The corrected article is updated and the correction notice explains what changed.
- Expression of concern: published while an investigation into serious doubts about the work is ongoing, or when an investigation cannot reach a clear conclusion.
- Retraction: published when the findings are unreliable because of misconduct or honest error, when the work is plagiarised or published twice, when it lacks ethical approval, or when peer review was manipulated. The retracted article stays online, clearly marked "Retracted", with a notice giving the reason and who asked for the retraction.
- Removal: in rare legal cases (for example defamation or a serious privacy risk) the text may be removed while the bibliographic record stays, with an explanation.
Post-publication discussion
- Readers may comment on published articles by writing to the editor at [email protected]. Substantive comments may be published as a letter or commentary, with a reply from the authors.
- Concerns raised on other platforms (for example PubPeer or social media) are also considered and investigated where needed.
How to ask for a change
- Authors who find an error in their own article write to [email protected] as soon as possible, with the proposed correction.
- Readers and institutions can report problems in the same way.
- Changes are never made silently: every change after publication is accompanied by a notice.
Who decides
The editor-in-chief decides, if necessary after consulting the reviewers, the editorial board and the authors' institutions. Authors are given the chance to respond before a retraction or expression of concern is published.
Official references
This policy follows these published standards and guidelines. Each link opens the original source.
