21. Expression of Concern

PJR follows the Guidelines by COPE for Expression of Concern.
https://publicationethics.org/case/publication-expression-concern

Expression of concern is used to raise awareness to a possible problem in a published article.

Expression of Concern is placed in the following conditions:

i. Authors Conflict of interest revealed by any means after the publication.
ii. Findings of the research appear unreliable.
iii. Authorship disputes.
iv. Small portion of the result is published which could be misleading.
v. Methodology used is not reliable or Sub-standard or questionable methodology.

THERE IS NO TIME BAR FOR RETRACTION.