What is the difference between a withdrawn article and a retracted article in Kowsar journals?
To find out more about the probable coverage of retraction and withdrawal of an article, we describe their similarities and differences in the below table.
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Withdrawal |
Retraction |
| Definition |
Taking back an article from a journal, either by Author or by EIC just before final publishing or in inpress |
Publishing a new related article defining that a previously published one is not correct or needs a change |
| Old PDF Format of the article |
Will be removed |
Will be remained only after adding a watermark in each page saying that the article is retracted |
| Old HTML Format of the article |
- Nothing will remain except title, authors, and affiliations.
- An additional "[Withdrawn Article]" will be added to the beginning of the title.
- Body text will be changed to "This article is withdrawn by EIC or Authors request."
- Article will be / is published in a noraml issue.
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- The abstract will remain.
- Body text will be changed to "This article is retracted by EIC or Authors request."
- An additional "[Retracted Article]" will be added to the beginning of the title.
- A link to the retraction note will be available and working.
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| Indexing Sources? |
PMC (SOURCE):
- A WITHDRAWN: text will be added to the beginning
- The abstract will be replaced with Ahead of Print article withdrawn by the publisher.
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PMC (SOURCE):
- A new article with the exact reason of retraction will be published.
- Old article's text and citations will remain unchanged unless for an updated note indicating that Retraction in: JOURNAL. YESR MONTH; VOL(ISSUE): eID.
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| Old article's status might be |
In any state which is not finally published yet, such as:
- Pre-Review
- Peer Review
- Pre-Publish
- In Press Published (Ahead of Print)
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Final Published (Article is published with Vol/Issue) |
| A New Article is |
Not required |
Required and must be from the type of RETRACTION |
| Guidelines |
PubMed / COPE Cases |
PubMed / COPE |
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