Resguardo, erratum, corrections and retractations
Safe Harbor Policy.
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Policy on errata, corrections, retractions etc.
The Journal of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Cordoba (RFCM) adheres to the ICMJE Recommendations for Correction, Retraction, and Republication and Control Version, in order to avoid scientific malpractice, is willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions when necessary according to the following types of errors:
- Voluntary errors (falsification, fabrication or plagiarism): In the event that an article that has already been published and presents substantive errors detected by the author and that threatens scientific quality, the author may request the withdrawal or correction. However, if it is detected by a third party, plagiarism, prior publication, unethical conduct or error, it is the author's obligation and responsibility to publicly retract, which will immediately proceed to public withdrawal or correction. The public correction or retraction will be made in the next printed issue of the journal as well as in its digital version.
- Invonuntary errors (errors in sampling, procedures, or data analysis, failure to reproduce results, accidental omission of information about methods or data analysis): When an author or other person on the committee discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published work, it is his or her obligation to immediately notify the Editor of the Journal and cooperate with the publishers to retract or correct the document.
Erratum
In case of a correction or erratum: the following steps should be followed:
1-The journal must publish an erratum notice as soon as possible,
1-The journal should publish an erratum notice as soon as possible, detailing the changes and citing or linking the original publication with the corrected one.
2-The journal will publish a new version of the article with details of the changes with respect to the original version and the
the original version and the date(s) on which the changes were made.
A note will be added at the end with reference to the errata notice.
3-The document of the erratum or correction will be paginated and with DOI in the Errata section.
4-The journal must archive all previous versions of the document and with a note informing that there is a corrected version.
a note informing that there is a corrected version of the same.
5-The citation must be the most recent version.
