About the Journal

Journal of Education, Language Innovation, and Applied Linguistics or we call it JELITA maintains scholarly integrity through transparent practices in managing published articles. The editorial board adheres to specific article withdrawal, retraction, removal, and replacement procedures adapted from Article Correction, Retraction and Removal Policy by Elsevier.

Article Withdrawal

This policy applies to Articles in Press, which are early versions of articles. Withdrawal may occur if articles contain errors, were accidentally submitted twice, or violated professional ethical codes. In such cases, the article content is removed and replaced with a withdrawal notice.

Article Retraction

Retraction occurs due to ethical code violations such as multiple submissions, false authorship claims, plagiarism, data fraud, or significant errors in submission or publication. The retraction process involves publishing a retraction note in a subsequent journal issue, linking to the original article in the electronic version, preceding the online article with a retraction screen, retaining the original article with a "retracted" watermark on the PDF, and removing the HTML version.

Article Removal: Legal Limitations

In rare cases, articles may be removed from the online database if they are defamatory, infringe on legal rights, are subject to a court order, or pose a serious health risk. In these instances, the article text is replaced with a removal notice, while metadata is retained.

Article Replacement

When an article poses a serious health risk, authors may retract the original and replace it with a corrected version. The retraction procedure is followed, with the addition of a link to the corrected, republished article in the database retraction notice and a document history.