Article Retraction & Withdrawal

It is generally a principle of scholarly communication that the journal editor or proceedings is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles submitted might be published. Through manufacturing this decision, the editor is guided by the journal’s editorial board policies and constrained by such legal requirements related to slander, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The result of this principle is the significance of scientific archives as permanent historic records of scholarship transactions. Articles that have been published should remain extant, exact, and unaltered as far as possible. However, occasionally circumstances can arise where an article is published that must later be retracted or even removed. Such actions must not be undertaken lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Throughout cases, our archives at the Journal of Community Development will hold all versions of articles, including those that were recalled or deleted. 

This policy has been designed to resolve this problem and to consider the best practices in the community of academics and libraries. As long as standards develop and change, we will revisit this problem and receive all of the input from the library and academic community. We believe this problem needs an international standard and will actively lobby for various information to establish an international standard and the best practice, which could be adapted by industrial information and publishing. 

Article Retraction

Articles may be retracted due to scientific error in cases such as multiple submissions, false authorship claims, plagiarism, or fraudulent use of data. A signed statement from the author must be submitted before the article can be withdrawn. The consent of all the paper authors is required before a repeal can be published. The notification of retraction will be published and link to the original article clearly marked as cancelled. In addition, the notification will also include withdrawal reasons and who retracted its article. The original article will not be removed from the online version and print journal version, but it will be identified as a retracted article. Retraction will also be listed on the content page.

Article Withdrawal

Article withdrawal is strongly discouraged and only used in exceptional circumstances for an early version of an article which has been accepted for publication but has not been officially published yet but may have already appeared online. The version may contain errors, may have been posted inadvertently twice or may violate journal publishing ethics guidelines (e.g. multiple submission, false claim about authorship, plagiarism, improper use of data, etc). In such situations, especially in case of legal/ethical violation or false/inaccurate data that could pose a risk of harm if it is used, it merely can be decided to withdraw the article's initial version from our electronic platform. Withdrawal stands with the article content (both HTML and PDF versions) is removed and replaced with HTML and PDF pages stating that the article has been withdrawn in accordance with Indonesian Journal Publisher’s withdrawing article policy along with a link to the policy.

Additional note, if the author has his/her own copyright for the article, it doesn’t mean he/she has the right to withdraw it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific records is paramount and this policy on revocation and withdrawal still applies in such cases. 

Article Removal 

In an extremely limited number of cases, the published article may need to be removed from our online platform. It will only happen that if an article is clearly defamatory, or violate another person’s legal rights, or where the article is located, or we have the strong reason to expect, being the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk. In such circumstances, while the metadata (i.e. title and author information)of the article will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article Replacement 

In cases where the article, if followed upon up, could pose a serious health risk, the author of the original paper may wish to recall the original document and replace it with the corrected version. In such circumstances, the above removal procedure will be followed by differences that the article retraction notification will contain revised link and republished it along with the document history.

Withdrawal Mechanism

Submission of Withdrawal Request

  • Authors wishing to withdraw their manuscript must submit a written request explaining the reason for withdrawal via the journal's official email (redaksi@ninetyjournal.com).
  • The request must be sent by the corresponding author, and all authors listed in the manuscript must be included in the email correspondence.
  • The withdrawal request must include the article title, article identification number (if applicable), and a clear reason for the withdrawal.

Editorial Consideration

  • The editor will review the withdrawal request and check the manuscript’s status, whether it is under review, accepted for publication, or already published.
  • If the manuscript is under review, the editor will request confirmation from the relevant reviewers and inform them about the withdrawal request.
  • If the manuscript has been accepted for publication, the editor has the right to deny the withdrawal request unless the withdrawal involves ethical issues or significant errors.

Withdrawal of Published Manuscripts

  • If the authors wish to withdraw a manuscript after it has been published online, withdrawal can only be done in cases of serious ethical violations (e.g., plagiarism, data or analysis errors).
  • Articles that have already been published online cannot be removed, but the journal will add a "RESTRICTION" statement to the manuscript with a brief explanation of the reason for withdrawal. This will be done without removing the original article to maintain transparency and the integrity of the publication record.

Sanctions for Violations of Publication Ethics

  • If the withdrawal request is made without an acceptable reason or after the review process has progressed significantly, all authors on the article may be sanctioned, including a ban on submitting manuscripts to Jurnal Kecerdasan Buatan dan Teknologi Informasi.
  • Authors are also required to cover administrative costs already incurred by the journal, amounting to 80% of the publication fee, especially if the withdrawal is made during the final stages of the publication process.

Public Announcement

  • In cases where a manuscript is withdrawn after being accepted for publication or already published, the journal will issue a public announcement regarding the withdrawal on the official journal website, clearly stating the reason in accordance with the journal's policy.
  • The announcement will be displayed on a special page listing all withdrawn articles.

Withdrawal Procedure

  • If the withdrawal request is approved, the editorial team will send an official confirmation letter stating that the manuscript has been withdrawn from the review or publication process.
  • The withdrawal will be updated in the journal's system, and the editor will stop any further processes related to the manuscript.