"Catalysis and Petrochemistry" has the right to publish a “retraction” if the work is found to be fraudulent or a “statement of concern” when violations are suspected. Depending on the degree of violation, a complaint may be filed with the institution the author represents, and the author may be denied publication in "Catalysis and Petrochemistry" for a period of time.
The withdrawal of a scientific article (retraction) is an official mechanism for correcting published information, aimed at ensuring the reliability, scientific integrity, and ethical standards of publishing activities.
An article might be retracted in the following cases:
• detection of facts of plagiarism and incorrect borrowing of text or graphic material;
• duplication (re-publication) of the same article in different publications or reprinting of material without the official consent of the author;
• falsification or fabrication of data;
• significant scientific or methodological errors that distort the results or conclusions of the study;
• incorrect authorship (exclusion of persons who made a significant contribution to the work, or inclusion of persons who do not meet the authorship criteria);
• concealment of a conflict of interest or other cases of violation of academic ethics.
Requests for retraction may be submitted by the authors of the material, editors or a third party. The editorial board initiates an investigation with the involvement of the authors and, if necessary, external experts.
In the case of retraction at the initiative of the authors, a written appeal is submitted to the editorial board with an appropriate justification of the reasons for the retraction. After considering the appeal, the Editor-in-Chief of the collection or his deputy makes a decision on the appropriateness of the retraction of the material.
If the decision to retract is initiated by the editorial board on the basis of internal expertise or information received from third parties, an official notification is necessarily sent to the author for correspondence indicating the reason for the retraction.
If the decision to retract the publication is made, the latter is not removed from the electronic resource of the collection, however, the electronic version of the text is marked “RETRACTED” with the date of retraction. A similar mark is added to the content of the relevant issue to ensure publicity and transparency of the process. The editorial board is obliged to transfer information about the fact of retraction to databases, catalogs and registers where the collection is indexed. The editorial board adheres to the principles of confidentiality, objectivity and impartiality when considering retractions.