Crossmark Policy

Crossmark Policy

Rahbar International Journal of Social Sciences Research (RIJSSR) is committed to maintaining the accuracy, integrity, transparency, and permanence of the scholarly record. The journal supports the use of the Crossmark service to provide readers with information about the current status of published articles and to make significant post-publication changes visible to readers.

Crossmark enables readers to determine whether an article has been corrected, updated, retracted, withdrawn, or otherwise subject to a significant post-publication change. Where applicable, Crossmark information may also provide additional publication information associated with the article.

Corrections and Updates

RIJSSR distinguishes between minor editorial changes and significant post-publication updates.

Minor corrections, such as typographical, spelling, grammatical, or formatting errors that do not affect the meaning, interpretation, authorship, or scholarly record, may be corrected without issuing a formal Crossmark update.

Significant changes that may affect the interpretation, attribution, credibility, or scholarly use of an article will be formally documented. Where appropriate, RIJSSR may publish a separate correction, corrigendum, addendum, expression of concern, or other appropriate editorial notice and register the relevant update with Crossref.

Where an editorially significant update is required, RIJSSR will seek to preserve the original scholarly record rather than silently replacing or substantially altering the published article.

Retractions

An article may be retracted when its findings are determined to be unreliable or when serious ethical, legal, authorship, research-integrity, or publication-integrity concerns arise.

Retraction decisions will be handled in accordance with recognized publication-ethics principles and the journal's publication ethics and retraction procedures.

When an article is retracted, RIJSSR will maintain an appropriate record of the original publication while clearly indicating its retracted status. Where appropriate, a formal retraction notice will be published, and the relationship between the original article and the retraction notice will be registered with Crossref.

Withdrawal

In exceptional circumstances, an article may be withdrawn because of serious legal, ethical, research-integrity, authorship, or publishing concerns.

Any withdrawal will be documented transparently, and RIJSSR will provide an appropriate notice explaining the reason for the withdrawal whenever possible. The journal will seek to ensure that the publication history remains clear to readers and researchers.

Permanence of the Scholarly Record

RIJSSR does not ordinarily remove published articles from the scholarly record.

When a published article requires a significant correction, expression of concern, or retraction, the journal will preserve the publication record and provide an appropriate notice explaining the change. This approach enables readers, researchers, and other users of the scholarly literature to understand the publication history of the work.

Reporting Concerns

Readers, authors, reviewers, researchers, and other members of the academic community who identify a potential error, ethical concern, plagiarism issue, authorship dispute, data problem, research-integrity concern, or other significant issue concerning an RIJSSR publication should contact the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Office through the journal's official contact channels.

RIJSSR will assess reported concerns and, where necessary, investigate them in accordance with the journal's publication-ethics policies and applicable scholarly publishing standards.

Crossmark Button

For articles participating in Crossmark, the Crossmark button will be displayed on the article's online landing page and, where technically implemented, within the article's PDF.

The Crossmark button allows readers to check the current status of the publication and identify any significant post-publication updates.

RIJSSR will use the official Crossmark implementation provided by Crossref and will follow applicable Crossmark requirements regarding its use and display. The journal will not modify the Crossmark logo or its proportions.

Additional Information

Where applicable, Crossmark information may include additional publication metadata, such as:

  • Publication dates
  • Article version information
  • Peer-review information
  • Licensing information
  • Funding information
  • Editorial information
  • Other relevant publication-status information

Such information is intended to improve transparency and help readers understand the status and publication history of each article.

Policy Effective Date

Policy effective date: 30 September 2026

Journal: Rahbar International Journal of Social Sciences Research (RIJSSR)

ISSN: 3080-0749

Publisher: Hashimi Publisher