Integrity of the published record
SJS maintains the integrity of the published scholarly record. Authors and readers should report material errors or concerns to sriwijayajournalsurgery@gmail.com, giving the article title, DOI, a clear explanation, and supporting evidence. Substantive changes are never made silently to a published article.
Corrections
Errors that affect accuracy or clarity but do not invalidate the main findings may be addressed by a dated correction linked to the article. The correction identifies the affected material and explains the change. Where the error was introduced in production rather than by the authors, the journal says so.
Retractions and expressions of concern
A retraction may be appropriate when findings are unreliable, publication is seriously unethical, or substantial plagiarism or redundant publication is established. A clearly identified notice explains the reason and who is retracting the work and is linked to the article. The original record is retained and marked as retracted whenever legally and ethically possible.
An expression of concern may be issued when a serious issue remains unresolved and readers need to be alerted — for example while an institutional investigation is under way. It is replaced by a correction, a retraction, or a statement that the concern was not substantiated once the matter is resolved.
Removal
Removal of content is reserved for exceptional circumstances such as a legal requirement or serious privacy or safety risk; an explanatory record is retained where possible so that the citation still resolves.
Who decides
The decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, on scholarly and ethical grounds, after the authors have been given the opportunity to respond. The journal may retract an article without the authors’ agreement where the evidence requires it, and in that case the notice says so. Conversely, a request to withdraw an article merely because its findings have become inconvenient is not a ground for retraction. Where the matter arises from an allegation of misconduct, the procedure in Publication Ethics and Authorship is followed first.
After a notice is issued
Updated metadata is deposited to Crossref so that indexing services learn of the change, and the original article remains retrievable as described in Preservation and Self-Archiving.
Read together with Publication Ethics and Authorship, Similarity and Plagiarism Policy and Complaints and Appeals. This policy is reviewed at least once a year.