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Elsevier recognizes the importance of the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record to researchers and librarians and attaches the highest importance to maintaining trust in the authority of its electronic archive. Find out more about the Elsevier policy on article withdrawal, retraction and removal. This policy has been designed to address these concerns and to take into account current best practice in the scholarly and library communities.
The Elsevier content that will have the CrossMark icon is restricted to current and future journal content and limited to specific publication types (see below) and only on content hosted by official Elsevier websites. Articles in Press will not have the CrossMark icon for the present.
Publication types:
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Article Type
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Short Description
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Abstract
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Abstract of a paper or oral presentation or poster, published as a separate item. A better name would be “extra short communication”. These mostly occur in fairly great numbers in conference proceedings, where not all authors are allowed to publish a full-length article.
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Addendum
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Publication item giving additional information regarding another publication item, mostly presenting additional results.
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Correspondence
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Letter to the editor or a reply to the letter.
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Discussion
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Argumentative communication, like papers in a discussion, but also perspectives, commentaries, etc.
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Duplicate
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Accidental duplication of an article in another Elsevier journal. The text of the article is retracted. The HTML pages are replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation. The PDF pages remain with a watermark on every page to notify it is a duplicate.
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Erratum
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Article in which errors are reported that were made in an earlier publication in the same journal. Can be Erratum (publishing error) but also Corrigendum (author error).
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Full Length Article
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Complete report on original research
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Practice Guidelines
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Text described recommended best practice in medical articles.
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Removal
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The text of the article is removed. The HTML pages and PDF pages of the article are completely removed and replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation.
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Retraction
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The text of the article is retracted. The HTML pages are replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation. The PDF pages remain with a watermark on every page to notify it is retracted
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Review article
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Substantial overview of original research, usually with a comprehensive bibliography, generally also containing a table of contents.
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Short Communication
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Short report or announcement of research, usually claiming certain results, usually with a shorter publication time than other papers in the same publication. Appear under many names, such as Letter Papers, Preliminary notes, Notes, etc.
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Short Review
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Short or mini-review.
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