Retraction of a scholarly publication is applied in cases where, after publication, significant violations of academic integrity or publication ethics are identified that call into question the scientific validity of the results or the legitimacy of the publication. The retraction procedure complies with COPE recommendations and best practices in scholarly publishing.
Retraction is undertaken solely to preserve academic integrity and trust in research outcomes and does not have a punitive nature.
Grounds for Retraction include:
- confirmed plagiarism or self-plagiarism;
- fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of research data;
- substantial methodological errors that render the results unreliable;
- unethical authorship practices;
- undisclosed conflicts of interest that have influenced the research outcomes;
- unethical or prohibited use of artificial intelligence technologies;
- infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.
The retraction procedure may be initiated by:
- the Editorial Board;
- the author(s) of the publication;
- reviewers;
- other stakeholders or institutions, provided that substantiated evidence is supplied.
Requests for the retraction of a published article must be submitted in the form of a formal letter to the journal’s official email address: publication@economic-prostir.com.ua
Editorial Board Responsibilities
The Editorial Board:
- conducts a preliminary assessment of the validity of the grounds for retraction;
- informs the author(s) in writing of the initiation of the procedure and provides an opportunity to submit explanations;
- may involve independent experts, if necessary;
- makes a reasoned decision within a reasonable timeframe, taking into account the complexity of the case.
Based on the review, the Editorial Board may:
- publish a retraction notice clearly stating the reasons;
- retain the full text of the article in open access with an appropriate “Retraction” label;
- in exceptional cases, restrict access to the text on legal grounds.
The retraction notice remains openly accessible on a permanent basis and is directly linked to the original publication.
The editorial office informs the author(s) and, where appropriate, the relevant institutions or indexing databases of the retraction.
Retraction does not revoke authorship but indicates that the publication is unreliable or ethically compromised.