Corrections & Retractions
JQPP handles changes to the public record according to the significance of the issue. Substantive changes are documented rather than silently replacing published content.
Corrections and retractions
Minor typographical, formatting, or metadata errors that do not materially affect interpretation may be corrected directly. Where an error materially affects analysis, evidence, attribution, or interpretation without invalidating the article as a whole, JQPP may publish a correction notice linked to the article record.
Retraction may be appropriate where a publication is no longer reliable because of major error, fabricated or falsified material, serious plagiarism, rights violations, fraudulent authorship, or another issue that substantially undermines its integrity or legality.
Withdrawals and version changes
Authors may request withdrawal of a submitted manuscript before formal publication. A JQPP-hosted preprint may also be withdrawn, restricted, or removed where appropriate, although a minimal public record may be preserved where needed for record integrity. After formal publication, removal is exceptional; correction or retraction is normally preferred.
Materially revised versions should remain distinguishable from earlier public records. A preprint that later becomes an accepted JQPP article remains separate from the Article in Advance or issue-level Version of Record.
Raising a concern
Concerns should identify the relevant manuscript, preprint, or article, describe the issue precisely, and include supporting information where available. Concerns may be sent to the editorial office.