We understand that the authors have worked carefully preparing manuscripts, and we have carried out peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. Our commitment and policy are to maintain the integrity and completeness of critical scientific records for researchers and librarians' archives.

 

Retraction

Automotive Experiences is committed to playing its part in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. Therefore on occasion, it is necessary to retract articles. Articles may be retracted if:

• A significant scientific error would invalidate the article's conclusions, for example, where there is clear evidence that findings are unreliable, either due to misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error).
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication).
• There are ethical issues such as plagiarism (appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit, including those obtained through confidential review of others' manuscripts) or inappropriate authorship.

In order to ensure that retractions are handled according to publication best practice and following COPE Retraction Guidelines, Automotive Experiences adopts the following retraction process:

• An article requiring potential retraction is brought to the attention of the journal editor.
• According to the COPE flowcharts, the journal editor should follow the step-by-step guidelines (including evaluating a response from the author of the article in question).
• Before any action is taken, the Editor's findings should be sent to the Ethics Advisory Board. The purpose of this step is to ensure a consistent approach following industry best practices.
• The final decision as to whether to retract is then communicated to the author and, if necessary, any other relevant bodies, such as the author's institution on occasion.
• The retraction statement is then posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal (see below for more details of this step).

Note that if authors retain the copyright for an article, they automatically have the right to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific record is of paramount importance, and COPE's Retraction Guidelines still apply in such cases.

 

Article Withdrawal

This journal allows the author to withdraw submitted manuscripts as long as they have not signed the manuscript declaration once the manuscript has been accepted for publication. Because the author would be asked to sign the declaration once the manuscript has been accepted, the withdrawal can be made only in the submission and review stages. The author can directly send a letter to the journal's email indicating the interest to withdraw the detailed manuscript.

 

Article Correction

Khelie Journal should consider issuing a correction if:

• A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially if this is the result of honest error.
• The Author or Contributor list is incorrect (e.g. a deserving Author has been omitted or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:

• Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of a significant error made by publishing/journal staff (usually a production error) that hurts the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article or the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
• Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of a critical error made by the Authors, which negatively impacts the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article or the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
• Addendum: an addition to the article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, expand the current work, or otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.

The decision of whether a correction should be issued is made by the Editor (s) of a journal, sometimes with advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will contact the Authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the final decision about whether a correction is required and which type rests with the Editors.

 

Article Removal

In a minimal number of cases, it may be necessary to remove a published article from our online platform. This matter will only happen if an article is defamatory, or infringes others' legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, may pose a severe health risk. In such circumstances, while the article's metadata (i.e. title and author information) 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 an article, if acted upon, may pose a severe health risk, the Authors of the original paper may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. Under such circumstances, the above procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the article retraction notice will contain a link to the corrected re-published article together with a history of the document.