Withdrawal Policy
The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences and Wellbeing (JISSAW) is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scientific record. While we respect an author's decision to withdraw a manuscript, this process must be handled formally to avoid ethical conflicts such as duplicate submission.
1. Withdrawal Protocol
Authors wishing to withdraw a manuscript at any stage prior to publication must follow this strict procedure:
- Formal Request: The Corresponding Author must send an email to the Editorial Office stating the Manuscript ID, Title, and the specific reason for withdrawal (e.g., "We discovered an error in the dataset regarding community demographics").
- Authorship Consensus: The Editorial Office will provide a Manuscript Withdrawal Form. This form must be signed by all co-authors.
- Requirement: To prevent disputes, we require a scanned copy of the physical form with hand signatures. Simple email requests or electronic text signatures are not accepted as final proof of consensus.
- Confirmation: The withdrawal is not official until the authors receive a formal Letter of Withdrawal from the Editor-in-Chief.
2. Ethical Constraints
- No Simultaneous Submission: Submitting the manuscript to another journal before receiving the formal Letter of Withdrawal is considered Duplicate Submission, which is a serious ethical violation under COPE guidelines.
- Post-Acceptance Withdrawal: Withdrawing a paper after it has been accepted and processed for publication is strongly discouraged and may result in a ban on future submissions, as it wastes significant editorial and reviewer resources.
3. Timeline
Withdrawal requests are typically processed within 5–7 business days following the receipt of the fully signed documentation.
