|  Journals published by Oxford are following timely  rigorous peer review process to bring the recent and novel scientific  information at its best possible mode. As a publisher the following policies  are being considered: 
            Supporting fair and  timely Peer review process with the valuable inputs and from the responsible  Editors and Reviewers.The publisher adheres  to the guidelines and procedure designed to ensure the fair and best practice  followed by the industry.Making constructive  recommendations for improving the overall process along with better production  support and global dissemination of the information published in the journals.The publisher ensures  the smooth functioning of the web development, web management, social media  management for journals and articles with the help of the staff members. Guidelines for Retracting ArticlesOxford Journals take  the responsibility to maintain the integrity and completeness of the scholarly  record of the content for all end users very seriously. It is a general  principle of scholarly communication that the Editor of a learned journal is  solely and independently responsible for deciding which article(s) shall be  published out of the submitted articles in a particular time. In making this  decision, the Editor is guided by the policies of the journal's Editorial board  and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding copyright  infringement and plagiarism. An outcome of this principle is the importance of  the scholarly archive as a permanent, historic record of the transactions of  scholarship. Articles that have been published shall remain extant, exact and  unaltered as far as possible. However, occasionally unavoidable circumstances  may arise where after publication the article requires retraction or even  removal from a particular paper. Such actions must not be undertaken lightly  and can only occur under exceptional circumstances, such as:
 
 Article  withdrawal: This is only used  for “Article in Press” which represents the early versions of the accepted  articles. If any article at the stage of “Article in Press”, by any means,  represents infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple  submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or  similar incidences, the article may be withdrawn depending on the Editor’s  discretion. In this regard, Editor’s decision must be considered as final  following the deep assessment and analysis of the situations, on a case by case  basis.
 
 Article  retraction: Infringements of  professional ethical codes, such as multiple submissions, sham claims of  authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data and similar claims will lead to  the retraction of an article. Occasionally, a retraction may be considered to  correct errors in submission or publication.
 
 Article  removal and replacement:  Subjected to legal limitations of the publisher, copyright holder or author(s).  Identification of false or inaccurate data representation which may pose a  serious health risk and involves any means of scientific data tampering or  other fraud hindering fair practice of science should be treated with highest  possible strictness. The core objective of these measures is necessary to  maintain the integrity of the academic record.
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