Withdrawal

JIBE is committed to providing high quality articles and upholding publication ethics to advance the intellectual agenda of science. It is expected that authors comply with best practice in publication ethics as well as the quality of the articles.

Few authors have requested withdrawal of a manuscript from publication after submission or after publication. In some instances, the request for withdrawal is made when the manuscript is only a few days away from publication in the journal. This may cause time wasted by the editors, reviewers and the editorial staff.

 JIBE declared the below withdrawal policy. The corresponding author or co-authors should address the statement below before sending a request for withdrawal.

• All authors, including corresponding and co-authors, should confirm the number of authors, authorship, approval and integrity of the manuscript before submission. In case of any differences of opinion, address the concerns of all the authors before submitting the manuscript for publication.
• Research students or researchers should take prior permission from their guides and professors before sending/submitting their manuscripts to the journals.
• Authors should follow publication ethics (details are included in JIBE publication ethics page)
• Manuscript is appropriately withdrawn from any previous publisher (if submitted).
• It is unacceptable to withdraw a manuscript from a journal because it is being accepted by another journal.
• Before submitting the manuscript, authors should carefully check that all facts and data presented in the manuscripts are accurate and error-free.
• All authors agree to publish the articles in the journal.

Unethical withdrawal

Withdrawal during the advanced stage in the editorial process, when peer reviews were near completion, is unacceptable unless there are compelling reasons.

If the author withdraws a manuscript after publication, the article publication charges, if paid by the authors, will not be refunded.

Withdrawal of a manuscript will be permitted only for the most compelling and unavoidable reasons. For withdrawal of a manuscript, authors need to submit an "Article withdrawal Form", signed by all authors, mentioning the reason for withdrawal to the Editorial Office. The form is available from the editorial office of the journal. Authors must not assume that their manuscript has been withdrawn until they have received appropriate notification to this effect from the editorial office.

In a case where a manuscript has taken more than twelve months for the review process, the author is allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any charges.