Post-publication discussions and corrections

 

JAE accepts post-publication discussions on the journal’s website via emails to the journal’s editor. JAE has its own mechanisms for correcting, revising, or retracting articles after publication.

  • Correction Policy

An erratum is an error that reduces the accuracy of a published paper and affects the journal’s and the authors' reputation. JAE publishes errata as distinct articles in the case of a factual error, a serious mistake, or an omission in the methods, results, or conclusions. To warrant an erratum, the scientific error must be serious enough to affect the article's scientific content, methodology, or interpretation of results.

Cases that raise an erratum:

  • An author was accidentally omitted.
  • A table or figure was missed;
  • A table or figure was not explained and mentioned correctly;
  • Incorrect results were included in a table or presented in a figure.

JAE will issue a notice of correction to the article and correct considerable errors that appear in online articles, especially

  • when these errors considerably affect the content or understanding of the work reported (e.g., error in data presentation) or
  • when the error affects the publication’s metadata (e.g., misspelling of an author’s name).

In these cases, a correction JAE will be published and later will be linked to the original article. Furthermore, JAE calls on authors to directly inform the editorial office of any errors they have noticed (or have been informed of) in their article once published.

  • Removal of Published Content

 In certain situations, JAE has the legal right to remove a paper from its website. This happens when:

  • JAE is informed that content is libellous and contains false information about a method or a researcher;
  • Infringes a third party’s intellectual property right, right to privacy, or another legal right;
  • The paper content causes an immediate and serious risk to safety and integrity if acted upon.

 

  • Addenda

JAE will publish a correction notice, or an addendum, as a notification to add information to a published paper.  The added supplements should not contradict the original publication and are not consequently used to fix the error. If updates or key information are recognised to be added, editors and authors can publish a peer-reviewed addendum. According to JAE policies, the editor of the research article normally oversees addenda.