Our publisher recognizes retraction as a necessary mechanism to address issues arising from the publication of monographs that contain accidental or deliberate errors, data falsification, biased authorship representation, or conflicts of interest that become evident after publication. The protocol for implementing procedures related to monograph retraction includes the following possible actions:

1. Assessment of Corrective Measures:

• Evaluate the possibility of correcting the published monograph's content without immediate retraction.
• This assessment occurs when a conflict of interest among authors, bias in authorship, or minor errors in a published monograph that do not significantly impact the overall significance, applicability, or effectiveness of the published results are identified.

2. Initiation of Investigation:

• Initiate an investigation into any situation that may potentially warrant monograph retraction.
• Investigations are launched in cases such as plagiarism, conflicts of interest, data falsification, manipulation, violations of publication ethics, and erroneous published results that could lead to varying degrees of negative consequences.

3. Removal from Electronic and Indexing Resources:

• Remove the monograph from the publisher's electronic resources and indexing databases if the investigation reveals:
  • The potential for negative consequences resulting from the monograph's use.
  • Violations of legal rights of individuals.
  • Defamatory content within the monograph.
  • Potential legal disputes arising from the monograph or its content.
  • Inappropriate disclosure of personal data without proper consent, including identifying individuals based on published photographs.

4. Retraction Notification:

• Generate a retraction notice for indexing resources, containing essential information to identify the monograph:
  • Monograph title and authors or a link to the retracted monograph.
  • Information regarding the reason for retraction and the initiator of the retraction.
  • Potentially, evidence supporting the reason for retraction.
• The notice may also request the prompt and public disclosure of relevant information about the retraction. It may include a response from the authors if applicable.
• The notice will only be made available after conclusive evidence supporting the retraction's validity is obtained.
• All retraction notifications are subject to prior agreement with the institutions affiliated with the authors under investigation, following COPE guidelines for collaboration between research institutions and journals regarding research integrity cases.

Our publisher is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in academic publishing and takes retraction seriously as a means to address issues that may compromise the integrity and reliability of published monographs.