Correction and Retraction Policy

NeuroLingua: Journal of Cognitive, Technological, and Cultural Language Learning takes its responsibility to maintain the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the scholarly record very seriously. Changes to published articles may only be made under the circumstances outlined below. This policy follows the COPE Retraction Guidelines (2019), the CrossRef Crossmark Policy (2023), and the Scopus CSAB Content Selection Criteria (2023).

Erratum

An Erratum is issued by the authors of the original article to correct errors or omissions that occurred during research or writing. If these errors affect the interpretation of results, the impact on the article’s conclusions must be clearly stated. The original article remains available, and a freely accessible erratum notice is permanently linked to the article.

Correction

A Correction is issued to address significant errors made by the journal during the production process (e.g., metadata, authorship, or affiliations). The corrected version replaces the original, with a freely accessible correction notice that is timestamped and linked to the article. Minor typographical errors that do not affect interpretation or indexing may be corrected at the publisher’s discretion.

Retraction

A Retraction is issued when an article should no longer be considered part of the scientific record. Retractions may occur due to proven research misconduct (fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research practices) or honest errors that invalidate findings. Retracted articles remain online to preserve the scholarly record but are clearly labeled and linked to a freely accessible retraction notice.

Retractions may be initiated by authors, editors, or the publisher. All notices clearly state the reasons and indicate who is responsible for the decision. If a retraction is made without unanimous author agreement, this is noted in the notice. In rare and extreme cases involving legal violations, redaction or removal may occur, but bibliographic metadata will always be retained.

Publisher’s Note

A Publisher’s Note is issued when errors are introduced by the publisher that affect article integrity or readability (such as mislabeling of figures, metadata, or author details). In such cases, the corrected version replaces the original and is clearly marked. Publisher’s Notes are freely available and permanently linked to the article.

Post-Publication Integrity

All corrections, errata, retractions, and publisher’s notes issued by NeuroLingua are timestamped, linked to the original publication, and made freely accessible to readers, in line with the COPE Core Practices (2022) and the DOAJ Transparency Guidelines (2022).