Withdrawal, Corrections, and Retractions Policy
Alamanda Research in Management (ARiM) is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. This policy is guided by the guidance issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on post-publication amendments, including corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions.
Withdrawal (Pre-acceptance)
Authors may request withdrawal of a manuscript at any time before an editorial acceptance decision. Withdrawal requests must be submitted in writing to the Editorial Office. A manuscript is considered withdrawn only after the Editor confirms the withdrawal in writing.
After acceptance, ARiM does not permit author-initiated withdrawal for any reason. Concerns about the work must be handled through post-publication amendment mechanisms (Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions).
The Editor may also withdraw a manuscript from consideration at any stage if serious concerns are identified (e.g., plagiarism, falsified data, manipulated peer review, or other major breaches of publication ethics).
Corrections
ARiM issues corrections to maintain accuracy and transparency.
- Minor corrections address issues that do not affect scientific interpretation (e.g., typographical errors, minor metadata). These are implemented by updating the VoR and adding a brief note on the article page and/or within the PDF.
- Major corrections address errors that materially affect interpretation (but do not invalidate the core integrity of the study). These involve updating the VoR and publishing a separate correction notice that describes the change and links to the corrected article. Where appropriate, notices may be labeled as corrigendum (author-originated) or erratum (publisher-originated).
Expressions of Concern
An Expression of Concern may be issued to alert readers to credible, unresolved concerns about an article’s reliability when conclusive evidence is not yet available or an investigation is ongoing. The notice will be freely accessible and linked to the article.
Retractions
Purpose
Retraction corrects the scholarly record and alerts readers to publications whose findings or conclusions cannot be relied upon. Retractions protect the integrity of the literature and are not intended to punish authors.
Grounds for retraction may include (but are not limited to) unreliable findings due to major error or misconduct (e.g., fabrication/falsification), compromised or manipulated peer review, plagiarism, redundant/duplicate publication, unauthorized use of material/data, unethical research, serious legal issues (e.g., copyright infringement), or undisclosed major competing interests that undermine trust in the work.
Decision and notice
Retractions may be requested by authors, institutions, readers, or editors. The final decision rests with the Editor. A retraction notice will be published promptly, freely accessible, and clearly linked to the retracted article. The notice will state who is retracting the article and the reasons for retraction in objective and factual language.
Status of the article
Retracted articles are not silently removed. The article will remain available but will be clearly marked as retracted (e.g., labeling and/or watermarking where feasible), with prominent links to the retraction notice.
References
COPE Council. (2025). COPE Guidelines — Expressions of concern — English. https://doi.org/10.24318/mw2J3661
COPE Council. (2025). COPE Guidelines: Retraction Guidelines. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.4
