Correction and Retraction Policy

Correction and Retraction Policy

The version of record is never changed silently. Where a published article needs to be corrected or withdrawn, Jurnal Offshore: Oil, Production Facilities, and Renewable Energy issues a public notice with its own DOI, linked in both directions to the article, and reports the change to Crossref and to indexing services.

Types of notice

Notice When it is used
Erratum A significant error introduced by the journal during copyediting, layout, or publication: a wrong author name or affiliation, a misplaced figure or table, incorrect metadata.
Corrigendum A significant error made by the authors that affects the record but does not invalidate the main findings: an incorrect figure, table, value, or reference, or an omitted funding source or conflict of interest. Minor typographical and formatting errors normally receive no notice.
Authorship change Addition, removal, or reordering of authors after publication, handled as a corrigendum and requiring reasons, written agreement from all affected authors, and a CRediT statement.
Expression of concern Serious doubts about an article where the evidence is not yet conclusive, the institution declines to investigate, or an investigation is continuing. It states the concern without reaching a conclusion.
Retraction Findings that are unreliable through major error or misconduct; plagiarism; duplicate publication; unethical research or unauthorised use of data; compromised peer review; or an undisclosed conflict of interest that undermines the work.
Retraction with replacement An honest error invalidates the conclusions but a corrected, valid version can be published. Both the retraction notice and the replacement article are published and linked.
Removal Exceptional cases only: defamation, infringement of legal rights, a court order, or a serious risk to health or safety. The full text is removed while the title, authors, DOI, and an explanatory notice remain.

Principles

Every change goes through a formal notice; corrections aim to repair the literature rather than to punish authors; honest error is distinguished from misconduct; authors are consulted but the editors decide; and notices are public, permanent, and citable.

Correction procedure

  1. Request. The corresponding author, writing for all authors, or any reader, emails the editorial office with the subject "Correction request - [DOI]", giving the location of the error, the incorrect and corrected text, how it arose, and its effect on the results.
  2. Acknowledgement within 7 working days.
  3. Assessment. The editor judges the significance of the error, consults the authors and, where necessary, reviewers or subject experts, and decides on the type of notice or that none is needed.
  4. Drafting. A factual notice is drafted and the authors approve the wording, normally within 14 days.
  5. Production. The notice is assigned a DOI and published. Where a corrected article is issued, a note appears on its first page.
  6. Linking. Two-way links are created and metadata are sent to Crossref and indexing databases.
  7. Issue inclusion. The notice appears in the next issue.
  8. Closure. All parties are informed, normally within 60 days of the decision.

Retraction procedure

  1. Trigger. A request from the authors, a finding by an institution, the outcome of a misconduct assessment, or notification from another publisher.
  2. Assessment. The editors review the evidence, consult experts, the editorial board, or COPE where appropriate, and consider whether retraction is proportionate.
  3. Author consultation. Authors are informed and given 30 days to respond. If they disagree or do not reply, the editors may proceed and record the authors' position in the notice.
  4. Decision by the Editor-in-Chief, documented in writing.
  5. Notice. Titled "Retraction: [article title]", it gives the full citation, states who initiated the retraction, gives the reason while distinguishing honest error from misconduct, and records whether the authors agree.
  6. Marking. The article remains online with a "RETRACTED" watermark on every page of the PDF, a label on the article page, and a link to the notice.
  7. Registration. The notice receives its own DOI, is reported to indexers, and appears in the next issue.
  8. Communication. Authors, the person who raised the concern, and where relevant the institution and funder are informed. Publication normally follows within 30 days of the decision.

Notes

A published article cannot be withdrawn; it can only be corrected or retracted through these procedures. Readers see a label on the article page, with a link to the notice and the article's publication history. Authors cannot upload corrected files themselves. The journal charges nothing for a correction or a retraction.