1) Cases in which corrections of published articles are considered: If there appears to be an honest scientific error in an article, which would not have a significant impact on the results and conclusions, the Editorial Office will publish a correction statement in the journal as soon as possible, detailing the changes made to the original article. The journal will publish the corrected version of the article, specifying the changes to the original article and the date of the update. Readers should cite the corrected version of the article.
2) Cases in which retractions of published articles will be considered: If academic misconduct including plagiarism, fabricated data, multiple submission is confirmed, the Editorial Office would retract the article, issue a retraction statement, request relevant databases to delete the article to minimize the harmful effects of misleading publications. In addition, if an article is found to have serious errors that make the results and conclusions of the article unreliable, the Editorial Office will retract the article, issue a retraction statement, and request databases to delete the article.