The Editorial Board of the journal Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medicine: Science and Practice ensures an open, transparent, and timely consideration of all substantiated complaints and proposals submitted by authors, reviewers, or readers.

All appeals are considered individually at meetings of the Journal’s Editorial Board, with due regard to their content and complexity. In handling complaints, the editors are guided by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Complaints and proposals must be submitted to the official email address of the Journal’s Editorial Office. Upon receipt and preliminary processing, each complaint is reviewed within 14 working days. Appeals should be clearly formulated, well-reasoned, and provide sufficient information to enable verification of potential breaches of publication ethics, editorial policy, or academic integrity. The submission of supporting materials substantiating the complaint is strongly encouraged.

The Editorial Office considers only those complaints that fall within its remit. Where a submission lies outside the Journal’s scope of responsibility, the applicant will receive a reasoned explanation. Personal complaints concerning the conduct of authors, reviewers, editors, or other participants in the editorial process are considered within the limits of the Editorial Office’s competence. Complaints submitted in an inappropriate, offensive, threatening, or defamatory manner will not be considered.

A formal response to the complaint will be provided via email.

Consideration of Minor Violations

Where minor breaches of publication ethics, editorial policy, or academic integrity are identified that do not affect the scientific validity or reliability of the research findings, the Editorial Office will contact the authors requesting that the identified deficiencies be addressed.

Such breaches may include, but are not limited to:

• inaccuracies in wording or reference formatting;
• insufficiently accurate citation of sources without evidence of plagiarism;
• technical or stylistic errors;
• incomplete information that can be clarified without altering the substance of the study.

Authors will be provided with a reasoned list of comments and a specified timeframe for submitting corrections. The revised manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Editorial Board, reviewer, or another designated responsible editor.

If the corrections are approved, a revised version of the article will be published on the Journal’s website, accompanied by a detailed description of the amendments and the date of update. The original version will remain archived to ensure transparency of editorial practice and the integrity of the scholarly record.

Retraction Policy

In cases where significant violations or data unreliability are identified, documented, and confirmed by decision of the Editorial Board, the Editor-in-Chief may issue a retraction of the published article.

Grounds for retraction include:

• evidence of unreliable research findings (including data fabrication or falsification, and image manipulation);
• duplicate or redundant publication without appropriate citation;
• evidence of false or fictitious authorship (including predatory practices);
• evidence of breach or compromise of the double-blind peer review process;
• non-compliance with ethical standards in the conduct of research.

Following confirmation of retraction, the manuscript will be removed from the Journal’s publishing database, while copyright remains with the authors.

Retraction Notice Procedures

In the event of retraction:

• the electronic version of the article will be marked with a “Retracted” watermark;
• the title will be amended to “Retracted: [Article Title]”;
• an official retraction notice will be published, stating the reasons for retraction and including the article’s DOI.