Retraction
To err is human, even in academic writing and publishing. However, serious errors that affect the validity of findings and analyses in a scientific article may warrant retraction. The main purpose of retraction is to ensure the integrity of our common knowledge base, not to punish authors.
Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in its handling of retraction issues.
Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association may retract an article if there is clear evidence that the data presented are unreliable or constitute plagiarism; if the findings have been published previously, contain information that the authors were not authorised to use or report unethical research; or if the authors have omitted material information related to conflicts of interest.
An article that is retracted will remain available as an online version. The article will be marked as ‘retracted’ in the online version and linked to a retraction notice. The notice will include the title and author names, as well as information about who has formally retracted the article and the reasons for doing so.
The retraction notice should preferably be written by the same person(s) who wrote the article, but if this is not possible, the editor will publish the retraction notice.
When authors sign the author declaration form prior to publication, they confirm that they have been made aware of Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association’s retraction procedure.