Retraction
Withdrawals initiated by the editorial office
A manuscript is deemed withdrawn and can be removed from the copyediting queue if
- after acceptance, evidence for scientific misconduct is found
- authors fail to pay any outstanding Article Processing Charge
Withdrawing a Published Paper
Withdrawing an already published paper is called a retraction. This is different from what is discussed in this article, which refers to unpublished papers that are either under review or accepted. To retract or correct an already published paper