Policy for Article Correction

Policy for Article Correction, Removal and Retractions

On discovery of some errors in the published paper by authors, the corresponding author should contact the journal immediately at the contact email mentioned on the website and share the details of the error. In case there are substantial changes, the manuscript may be sent for peer review again. A Corrigendum drafted by the authors would be linked to the original article. In case the error has been made by the publisher during the process of publication, an Erratum issued by the Journal would be linked to the original article. In case the errors are too extensive for corrigendum, the articles can be retracted by the author as well as the journal.

Articles that breach the policies of the journal such as duplication of publication, falsification or fabrication of data, authorship disputes, plagiarism issues etc., would be withdrawn.

Occasionally, based on the advice of the scholarly community, an article might be retracted by the author or the journal. The causes of retraction may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. The manuscript contains findings that are a result of erroneous experiments or data that is manipulated or fabricated.
2. The manuscript contains plagiarised content.
3. The findings reported in the manuscript have been published elsewhere.
4. A conflict of interest has not been disclosed by the authors.

For the retraction of an article, the following procedure is followed by Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis:

1. A retraction notice will be published in the Table of Contents of the next issue of the journal. The retraction notice will be linked to the original article.
2. A watermark stating "Retracted" will be added to each page of the PDF version of the original online article.