Jurnal Econmark Accounting (JEA) is committed to maintaining the accuracy, reliability, transparency, and integrity of scholarly research in economics, management, and accounting. When significant errors, omissions, ethical concerns, or research-integrity problems are identified after publication, the journal will assess the concerns and take appropriate post-publication action.
Such actions may include a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or, in exceptional circumstances, article removal. The action taken depends on the nature, seriousness, supporting evidence, and consequences of the identified issue for the validity and reliability of the published scholarly record.
A correction may be issued when an error is identified in a published article but the error does not invalidate the overall findings, principal conclusions, or scholarly integrity of the work.
Corrections may address:
- Errors in author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or funding information.
- Minor errors in financial tables, economic indicators, statistical results, charts, figures, references, or labels.
- Errors in the presentation of accounting, financial, or organizational data that do not materially alter research findings.
- Omitted disclosures, acknowledgments, or information that should be included in the publication record.
- Other identifiable errors requiring transparent amendment while leaving the principal conclusions reliable.
When a correction is necessary, JEA will provide a transparent notice identifying the affected article and explaining the nature and significance of the amendment. Where technically possible, the correction notice and the original article will be linked to one another so that readers can identify the change and understand the article's publication history.
An expression of concern may be issued when substantial questions arise regarding the reliability, research ethics, authorship, data integrity, or validity of a published article, but the available evidence is not yet sufficient to justify a correction or retraction.
Such concerns may involve disputed financial datasets, inconsistent economic evidence, questionable analytical procedures, or unresolved research-integrity issues. An expression of concern may remain in place while further investigation is conducted and may subsequently be updated, supplemented, or replaced by an appropriate editorial notice.
A published article may be retracted when its principal findings, conclusions, or scholarly record are no longer considered reliable, or when serious research or publication misconduct has been established.
Grounds for retraction may include:
- Fabrication or falsification of economic data, accounting records, financial statements, survey responses, statistical analyses, or research findings.
- Serious plagiarism or substantial unattributed use of another researcher's intellectual work.
- Duplicate or redundant publication that compromises the originality of the scholarly record.
- Fundamental methodological, econometric, statistical, or analytical errors that invalidate the principal findings.
- Research conducted without required ethical approval, informed consent, or authorization to use confidential organizational or financial information.
- Serious manipulation of peer review, authorship, citations, datasets, tables, figures, or publication procedures.
- Findings demonstrated to be unreliable as a result of major error or research misconduct.
- Other circumstances in which maintaining the article as an unretracted publication would seriously mislead readers or compromise scholarly integrity.
A retracted article will normally remain identifiable in the journal archive to preserve the transparency and integrity of the scholarly record. The article will be clearly marked as RETRACTED, and an explanatory retraction notice will be issued.
The notice will identify the article title, author(s), journal, volume, issue, publication year, and the reasons for retraction to the extent that disclosure is appropriate, lawful, and supported by available evidence. Where technically possible, the retraction notice and affected article will be linked to one another.
Complete removal of a published article from the JEA website is considered an exceptional measure and is distinct from retraction.
Removal may be considered when continued public availability creates serious legal, privacy, confidentiality, personal-safety, court-order, or other exceptional risks that cannot reasonably be addressed through a correction or retraction. Where possible, bibliographic metadata and an explanatory notice will remain available to preserve the scholarly publication record.
Where appropriate, authors will be informed of proposed post-publication actions and provided with a reasonable opportunity to submit clarification, evidence, or an explanation. An author's disagreement with a correction or retraction does not automatically prevent JEA from taking necessary editorial action when the available evidence establishes that the scholarly record requires amendment.
JEA does not silently replace, remove, or substantially modify the scholarly meaning of a published article without an appropriate publication notice. Significant post-publication amendments must remain transparent so that readers can distinguish the original publication history from subsequent corrections, retractions, or other editorial actions.
Jurnal Econmark Accounting (JEA) applies post-publication corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions to correct the scholarly record rather than conceal it. Editorial actions are guided by reliable evidence, procedural fairness, proportionality, transparency, and the need to preserve an accurate and trustworthy permanent record of scholarly research in economics, management, and accounting.