The editorial board of the journal adheres to COPE recommendations regarding the retraction of publications.

The grounds for retraction are:

• submission by the author of a manuscript that has previously been published in another journal;
• double submission of a manuscript to different scientific publications;
• a published article that is a verbatim copy of another article published by another author;
• fabrication and fraud;
• deliberate errors and the use/publication of knowingly false facts;
• plagiarism;
• failure to comply with research ethics.

Complaints received by the editorial board regarding an author and their article are considered at a meeting of the editorial board with the participation of the editor-in-chief.

In the event of retraction of articles, the editorial board informs the author or authors of the decision, stating the reasons. For this purpose, the editorial board uses the ‘EASE. Standard form for retraction of a publication’. This form was created in June 2015 by Hervé Maisonneuve and Evelyne Decullier and was last updated in June 2022.

The author may appeal the editorial board's decision by sending a statement justifying each point indicated in the standard form to zarhiviv94@gmail.com. After considering the author's appeal, the editorial board makes a final decision.

The PDF file of the retracted article remains on the journal's website but has a clear watermark with the note ‘Retracted’ on each page.

In cases where there are suspicions of the above violations but no solid evidence to prove them, the editorial board may inform readers of the existing problems by publishing a ‘Statement of Concern’ on the journal's website or in the next issue.

In accordance with COPE recommendations for correcting errors, the editorial board of the journal may give the author the opportunity to correct minor errors that do not significantly affect the content of the article and its conclusions.