Post-publication Discussions and Corrections

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Post-publication Discussions and Corrections

Publication is not the end of a research article's life. JETS welcomes discussion, scrutiny and correction of published research to help maintain an accurate and reliable scholarly record.

Readers test published research, cite it, challenge it and build on it, and sometimes errors come to light. The Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences (JETS) welcomes this scrutiny and aims to make it easy to discuss its articles and to correct the scientific record openly and promptly when something is wrong.

This page explains how to comment on a JETS article, how to report an error, and how the journal decides what action to take. Our procedures follow the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Quick Guide

What should I do?

Question the findings?

Submit a letter to the editor.

Found an error in your article?

Contact the editorial office.

Incorrect name, affiliation, funding or ORCID?

Request a correction and updated metadata.

Possible misconduct?

Follow the JETS policy on allegations of misconduct.

Contact: jets@itb.ac.id

Published Research

Discussing Published Articles

Letters to the Editor

Readers may submit a letter commenting on, questioning or adding to an article published in JETS. Letters should:

concern an article published in JETS within the previous 12 months;

be no longer than 1,000 words, with no more than 1 figure or table and 10 references;

address the science, not the authors, and be respectful in tone;

declare any competing interests.

The editors decide whether to publish a letter. Letters may be sent for review and may be edited for length and clarity.

If a letter is accepted, the authors of the original article are invited to reply, and the letter and reply are normally published together. Published letters and replies receive a DOI and are linked to the original article.

Letters that are abusive, repeat points already addressed, or raise concerns better handled as possible misconduct will not be published. In the latter case, the editors will handle the concern under the misconduct policy.

Follow-up Research

Researchers who have repeated or extended a JETS study and obtained different results are encouraged to submit a full article reporting their work. Replication studies are welcome and are reviewed on the same basis as other research articles.

Editorial Assessment

How the Journal Decides What to Do

When the editors learn of a possible problem with a published article, they first assess what the problem is and how much it matters, and contact the authors for their account.

The editorial board then decides which response is appropriate. The decision depends on the effect of the problem on the reliability of the article, not on the status or institution of the authors.

Correction

The error is minor and does not affect the findings, for example a typing mistake in a unit, a mislabelled axis or an omitted reference.

Correction

The error affects part of the article, but its main conclusions still hold.

Addendum

Essential information was missing but nothing in the article was wrong.

Expression of Concern

Serious concerns exist, but the evidence is not yet conclusive or an investigation is under way.

Retraction

The main findings are unreliable because of honest error or misconduct, or the article was published unethically or in duplicate.

Corrections are not used to introduce new results or to update an article with later findings. Such material should be published as a new article.

Authors are expected to cooperate with the editors in resolving post-publication questions, including by providing the original data when asked.

Corrections

When a Correction Is Issued

A correction is published when an error in an article affects how it is read or understood but does not invalidate its conclusions.

Corrigendum

Used for errors made by the authors.

Erratum

Used for errors introduced by the journal during editing, typesetting or publication.

Very small errors that do not affect meaning, such as a spelling mistake in the text, are generally not corrected since the correction notice would draw more attention than the error.

How Corrections Are Published

is titled "Correction to: [title of original article]";

states exactly what was wrong and what the correct version is;

receives its own DOI, is free to read and is citable;

is linked from the original article and to it.

The original article is also updated to show that it has been corrected. The published version is left unchanged, with a notice at the top linking to the correction. Correction notices are published free of charge.

Article Metadata

Author Names, Affiliations and Metadata

Errors in author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs or funding information can affect how an article is credited in Scopus, SINTA and other databases.

Authors should check these details carefully at proof stage. If an error is found after publication, JETS will publish a correction and send updated metadata to Crossref.

Authors may need to request a separate update from indexing services themselves, for example through the Scopus author feedback service.

Changes to the author list itself after publication, such as adding or removing an author, are treated as authorship changes and follow the JETS Authorship and Contributorship policy.

Integrity of the Record

Retractions

When an Article Is Retracted

JETS retracts an article when:

its main findings or conclusions are shown to be unreliable, for example because of a major error in data, calculation, modelling or analysis, or because of fabrication or falsification;

it contains plagiarism;

it duplicates work already published by the same or other authors without adequate disclosure;

the research was conducted without required ethical approval, consent or permission, or published without the right to do so;

the peer-review process was compromised or manipulated.

Retraction for Honest Error

Authors who discover a serious error in their own work are encouraged to tell the journal at once. A retraction initiated by the authors because of an honest mistake is a sign of responsible scholarship, and the notice will say so.

How Retractions Are Published

is titled "Retraction: [title of original article]";

states who is retracting the article and gives a clear reason, distinguishing honest error from misconduct where this is known;

receives its own DOI, is free to read and is linked to the retracted article.

The retracted article is not deleted.

It stays on the website, and every version, including the PDF, is clearly marked "RETRACTED" so readers can see what was published and why it was withdrawn. The retraction is reported to Crossref and to the indexing services that list the journal.

Where the authors can correct a fundamental honest error and produce a reliable version of the study, the editors may, exceptionally, consider publishing the corrected work as a new article, linked to the retraction notice (retraction and replacement).

Temporary Notice

Expressions of Concern

An expression of concern alerts readers to a serious doubt about an article while the facts are being established, for example when an institutional investigation is under way or when the authors have not provided data needed to resolve a concern.

It is published as a linked, citable notice with its own DOI and states the nature of the concern.

An expression of concern is a temporary measure. When the matter is resolved, it is followed by a further notice confirming that the article stands, or by a correction or retraction.

Additional Information

Addenda

An addendum adds information that was omitted from an article and that readers need to understand it, such as a missing funding acknowledgement or ethics statement, or clarification of a method, where nothing in the article is wrong.

Addenda are published as linked notices and may be reviewed before publication.

Version of Record

Requests to Withdraw or Remove an Article

Once an article has been published as the version of record, it becomes part of the permanent scientific literature.

JETS does not withdraw or delete published articles at the authors' request, for example because the authors wish to publish the work elsewhere, disagree with a co-author, or have since found a better method. Problems with the article are dealt with through the notices described above.

Exceptional Removal

In rare cases, the journal may have to remove the content of an article, for example if it is defamatory, infringes someone's legal rights, is subject to a court order, or could create a serious risk to safety or security if it remained available.

In these cases the title, authors and DOI remain online with a notice explaining why the content has been removed.

Just Accepted articles: before the final typeset version is published, the Just Accepted version may be replaced with the final version without a notice. After the final version is published, any change requires one of the notices described on this page.

Historical Record

Older Articles and Earlier Titles

This policy also applies to articles published under the journal's earlier titles:

Proceedings ITB

Proceedings ITB on Engineering Science

ITB Journal of Engineering Science

The policy also applies to articles published on the journal's previous platform at journals.itb.ac.id. Notices concerning these articles are published in JETS and linked to the original article wherever it is hosted.

For concerns about older articles, the editors take into account the standards that applied at the time of publication and whether the authors can still be contacted and their data are still available, following COPE guidance on handling retractions and expressions of concern for old articles.

Transparency