Procedure for Retraction of Published Articles 

© The Editorial Board of Linguistic Studies

The Editorial Board of Linguistic Studies adheres to international standards of publication ethics and follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding article retraction.

1. Grounds for retraction

An article may be retracted if, after its publication, any of the following issues are identified:

• • serious violations of academic integrity: detection of plagiarism, submission of previously published material to other journals (duplicate publication), fabrication or falsification of data;

  • serious errors: identification of inaccuracies that call into question the scholarly value of the results or lead to erroneous conclusions;

  • conflict of interest: concealment by the authors of significant facts that could have influenced the evaluation of the research;

  • copyright infringement: disputes concerning authorship or unlawful use of intellectual property.

2. Initiators of the retraction procedure

The retraction procedure may be initiated by:

• • the authors of the article (if errors are discovered after publication);

  • the Editor-in-Chief or the Editorial Board (based on the results of an internal investigation or third-party complaints);

  • academic institutions or scholarly communities to which the authors are affiliated.

3. Retraction mechanism

• • Investigation: the Editorial Board conducts a fact-finding investigation involving independent experts and provides the authors with an opportunity to submit explanations;

  • Decision: the final decision on retraction is made at a meeting of the Editorial Board;

  • Public disclosure:

    • in the printed version (if applicable) and in the subsequent issue of the journal, a retraction notice is published;

    • on the journal’s website, the PDF file of the article remains accessible, but each page is marked with a watermark “RETRACTED”;

    • an official Retraction Notice is posted alongside the article title on the website, indicating the reasons for retraction and the initiator of the procedure;

  • Notification: the Editorial Board informs the bibliometric and indexing databases in which the journal is indexed about the retraction.

4. Consequences of retraction

Retraction of an article signifies that the research results can no longer be considered a reliable source of scholarly information. Retraction does not constitute removal of the text from the scholarly record; rather, it serves as a form of public notification to the academic community regarding the unreliability of the material.