General Principles
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology (JPAM) believes in protecting and maintaining the integrity of the academic record. Articles officially published in JPAM are considered as the “Version of Record”. Very rarely, when the scientific information in an article is substantially undermined then it becomes necessary for JPAM to publish corrections to, or retractions of articles published in its journal, at the discretion of the editors.
Article Corrections Policy
Authors are encouraged to report errors in their articles with regard to the accuracy of published information. Only errors that impact the article significantly will be considered. Corrections are made at the journal’s discretion. The correction procedure depends on the publication stage of the article. Corrections will be published under corrections and addendum in a later issue of the journal.
Article Retraction Policy
The article may be retracted because of scientific misconduct in cases such as multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism or fraudulent use of data. A signed statement from the concerned authors will be required to be submitted before an article can be retracted. Agreement of all authors of a paper is required before a retraction can be published. A notice of retraction will be published and linked to the original article clearly marked as retracted. The notice will also include the reason for the retraction and who is retracting the article. The original article will not be removed from online or print versions of the journal but will be identified as a retracted article. Retractions will also be listed on the contents page.
Article Withdrawal Policy
Articles can be withdrawn by the authors only for the most compelling and unavoidable reasons, after submitting a letter signed by all the authors of the article to the editorial office stating the reason for article withdrawal. Authors must not assume that their article has been withdrawn until they have received appropriate notification to this effect from the editorial office.
If an author requests to withdraw the article after it has been peer-reviewed, they will be charged Rs. 2400/- (Within India) / USD 100 (Outside India) or after it has been typeset (but not yet published), they will be charged Rs. 3600/- (Within India ) / USD 150 (Outside India).