Journal of Aquatic and Fisheries Products Technology (AFISH) is committed to maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the scholarly record. The journal recognizes that, in certain circumstances, published or submitted manuscripts may require withdrawal, correction, or retraction.
Decisions concerning withdrawal, correction, or retraction are made carefully by the Editorial Team based on the nature and severity of the problem and in accordance with accepted principles of publication ethics.
Withdrawal applies primarily to manuscripts that have been submitted to AFISH but have not yet been formally published as the final version of record.
A manuscript may be withdrawn when:
Authors requesting withdrawal should provide a written explanation to the Editorial Office. The request will be reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or designated editor before a final decision is made.
AFISH may retract a published article when the reliability, validity, or ethical integrity of the publication is seriously compromised.
Retraction may be considered when there is evidence that:
Before a retraction decision is made, the Editorial Team will review the available evidence and, where appropriate, request clarification from the authors and other relevant parties.
The final decision to retract an article rests with the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Team.
When an article is retracted, AFISH will publish a clear retraction notice that is linked to the affected article.
The notice should, where appropriate:
The article metadata will normally remain available to preserve the scholarly record, while the article itself will be clearly marked as Retracted.
A correction may be issued when an otherwise reliable article contains an error or omission that requires clarification but does not invalidate the main findings or conclusions.
Corrections may include:
A correction for a significant error introduced during the journal's editorial or production process.
A correction for an important error originating from the author(s).
Additional information that clarifies, expands, or updates an already published article without replacing the original work.
Corrections may concern data, figures, tables, text, author information, affiliations, acknowledgements, or other elements of the published record.
A correction notice will be linked to the original article so that readers can clearly identify the nature of the amendment.
Minor typographical or formatting errors that do not affect the meaning, interpretation, indexing, attribution, or scientific integrity of an article may be corrected without issuing a formal correction notice.
Changes that affect scientific interpretation, authorship, data, conclusions, or other substantive elements will require a formal editorial record.
Complete removal of a published article will be considered only in exceptional circumstances, such as when continued publication may violate legal rights, confidentiality, privacy, a court order, or present a serious risk of harm.
Where removal is necessary, AFISH will normally retain the bibliographic metadata and replace the article content with a notice explaining why the article is no longer available.
Authors are expected to notify AFISH promptly when they discover a significant error or integrity concern in their submitted or published work and to cooperate fully with any editorial investigation.
Requests for withdrawal, correction, or clarification should be submitted through the journal's official communication channels.
The Editorial Team will evaluate each case individually and ensure that corrections, withdrawals, or retractions are not used to suppress legitimate scientific disagreement or inconvenient research findings.
