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A manuscript is deemed withdrawn and can be removed from the copyediting queue if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 This is different from what is discussed in this article, which refers to unpublished papers that are either under review or accepted.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