Retraction, Withdrawal and Correction Policy

Policy Statement

The Editorial team of JPPP 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 However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons.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 from the submission and review process

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.

Article Withdrawal

The author cannot withdraw submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts and works invested by the publisher. For attention, before the author submits the manuscript through JPPP OJS, the author must approve the checklist we provide.

• If the author requests the withdrawal of his/her manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the author will be applied for a levy by paying Rp.500.000 per manuscript.
• If the withdrawal of the manuscript after the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be punished by paying Rp.1.000.000 per manuscript.
• If the author does not agree to pay the penalty, the author and his/her affiliation will be blocked for publication in this journal for 3 years.
  

If the author requests to withdraw a manuscript, an official letter signed by the corresponding author and agency leader must be sent to the editor of chief.

Article Correction

We 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.