CORRECTION AND RETRACTION

This page explains how Jurnal Sains Teknologi dan Sistem Informasi (SATESI) amends the published record. It distinguishes corrections, which repair errors in an article that remains substantially reliable, from retractions, which warn readers that a publication can no longer be relied upon.

PART A. CORRECTIONS

SATESI issues a correction when a published error or omission needs to be amended openly while the findings of the article remain substantially reliable. The response depends on how the error affects the reliability of the work, and not only on who was responsible for it.

A1. WHEN A CORRECTION IS APPROPRIATE

A correction may be issued for matters such as:

errors in data, tables, figures, or supplementary files;
incorrect author names or affiliations;
missing or incorrect funding statements, competing interests declarations, or acknowledgements;
errors in references or in the attribution of sources.

A correction must never be used to conceal findings that are fundamentally unreliable. If an amendment would significantly change the conclusions of an article, the journal will first consider whether a correction is sufficient or whether another course of action is required. Changes to authorship follow the Authorship and Contributorship policy.

A2. REQUESTING AND ASSESSING A CORRECTION

Authors or readers may request a correction by email. The request should give the DOI of the article, identify the affected passage, describe the proposed amendment, and explain the reason for it. Authors who discover a significant error in their own published work are expected to notify the journal promptly.

The responsible editor assesses the effect of the error on the work and may ask the authors to respond or seek independent advice. Where the matter raises wider integrity concerns, it is referred to the Integrity Investigations process. The journal seeks the agreement of the authors, but a necessary correction may proceed without it.

A3. CORRECTION NOTICE

A formal correction notice identifies the article, describes the error and the amendment made, and explains any consequence for interpretation of the work. The notice is dated, clearly labelled as a correction, freely accessible, and linked to the original article.

Minor technical or typographical fixes may be recorded through a version note or an administrative update. Substantive changes are always disclosed and are never made silently. Requests to change an author’s name are handled with appropriate privacy safeguards, and public notices avoid unnecessary personal details.

A4. IMPLEMENTATION

Changes to article files, version identification, metadata, and distribution follow the Scholarly Record Updates policy.

PART B. RETRACTIONS

A retraction alerts readers that a publication is seriously unreliable, or that it has a serious integrity problem which a correction cannot resolve. Its purpose is to protect the scholarly record, not to punish authors.

B1. GROUNDS FOR CONSIDERATION

Retraction may be considered in circumstances such as:

findings that are unreliable because of major error, fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate analysis;
substantial plagiarism, or redundant publication that was not disclosed;
serious problems concerning the right to publish the work;
serious ethical failures in the conduct of the research;
a compromised assessment process;
a major competing interest that was not disclosed.

Honest error can also justify retraction when it undermines the findings. Proof of intent to mislead is not always required.

B2. DECISION SAFEGUARDS

The decision to retract is made by an authorised editor who has no conflict of interest in the matter, and the publisher carries it out. The review of evidence and the invitation to authors to respond follow the Integrity Investigations process.

Unsupported allegations, authorship disputes on their own, and problems that can be resolved by a correction do not normally justify retraction. A preprint that has been disclosed is not treated as redundant publication, in line with the Preprint Policy. Authors are normally given the opportunity to respond, but their agreement is not required, and the protection of readers will not be delayed indefinitely.

B3. RETRACTION NOTICE

A retraction notice identifies the article and its DOI, states who is issuing the notice, and sets out the reasons for retraction that are supported by evidence. It distinguishes between findings that have been established and questions that remain unresolved.

The wording is factual and proportionate and does not assign collective blame. The notice is dated, freely accessible, clearly labelled “Retraction”, and permanently linked to the retracted article.

B4. HANDLING OF THE PUBLISHED RECORD

The marking of retracted articles, metadata, exceptional removal, and version history follow the Scholarly Record Updates policy. A retracted article normally remains available with a clear status warning and is not deleted. A retraction does not withdraw any licence rights that have already been granted to readers.