The Pakistan Journal of professional Psychology: Research and Practice urges authors, researchers, and readers to report any instances of scientific misconduct, statements of concern,  and errors that are discovered, particularly those that may have an impact on how data, results, or information in a published article are interpreted.
1. Corrections  
A corrigendum is published by Pakistan Journal of professional Psychology: Research and Practice to correct any factual inaccuracies and maintain the publishing record. The process for issuing a corrigendum is as follows.

  • The appropriate person(s) will analyze the suggested corrections after receiving the correction and decide whether or not a corrigendum should be issued.
  • Only significant inaccuracies that could directly or indirectly affect the published data will be corrected in a corrigendum.
  • Grammar, text organization, and spelling errors will not be taken into account when issuing a corrigendum.
  • The original article that the corrigendum corrects will have a link in the published version.
  • The distinction between pointed errors and retractions and expressions of concern must be clear.
  • A free correction will be issued online.


2. Retractions and Expressions of Concern

  • The withdrawal Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) are followed and advised by Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice for the retraction of publications. The author(s) are invited to participate in the investigation of such cases.
  • If the pointed flaws are substantial enough to render the findings and conclusions of the published article incorrect, retraction will be taken into consideration.
  • Retraction will be taken into consideration if the errors have an impact on how the results should be interpreted, if they are fraudulent, or if there have been other serious instances of misconduct (such as falsifying data, altering images, publishing the same thing more than once, using an inappropriate methodology, plagiarizing, failing to obtain consent, violating copyright laws, violating people's privacy, conducting unethical research, manipulating the peer review process, etc.).
  • The original manuscript's retraction will be linked to the retraction in the current issue, where it will be published. Editors may accept retractions from another responsible party under specific circumstances, although in ideal circumstances the retractions should come from the original authors of the articles.
  • The wording of the Retraction should include a comprehensive citation reference to the specific article and an explanation of why it is being retracted.
  • If it is deemed appropriate, the Editors may decide to issue a statement about the validity of the previously published work and may choose to notify the institution about the author(s) whose work is retracted.

3. Concern Expression

  • Editors may post an Expression of Concern when they have valid worries or suspicions in order to alert readers to possibly false content. However, expressing worry has the same negative effects on a researcher's reputation as retracting a study. Therefore, it is frequently best to hold off on publishing a retraction until an independent investigation has reached a final conclusion. 

4. Retraction of articles

  • The following are the only restrictions on the removal, deletion, or concealing of any article or particular portion of any article. 
  • Legal violations, libel, or other restrictions under the law; or
  • False or incorrect information, especially when it could seriously endanger one's health if used.
  • In these situations, a retraction will undoubtedly be published together with a thorough justification for removal or withdrawal to ensure that the article's bibliographic data is preserved for the scientific record.