Journal of Dance and Embodied Structure is committed to maintaining the accuracy, reliability, transparency, and integrity of the scholarly record. When errors, omissions, ethical concerns, or publication integrity issues are identified in published content, the journal will take appropriate editorial action.

This policy explains how the journal handles corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, removals, replacements, and post-publication updates.

1. General Principle

The journal recognizes that errors may occur in scholarly publishing. When a published article contains an error that affects accuracy, interpretation, attribution, ethics, rights, or the reliability of the scholarly record, the Editorial Office will assess the matter and determine the appropriate response.

Possible post-publication actions may include:

• Correction;
• Author correction;
• Publisher correction;
• Expression of concern;
• Retraction;
• Article removal in exceptional cases;
• Article replacement in exceptional cases;
• Metadata update or clarification notice.

2. Corrections

A correction may be issued when an article contains an error that does not invalidate the overall findings, argument, interpretation, or scholarly contribution of the work.

Corrections may be appropriate for:

• Errors in author names, affiliations, or contact information;
• Errors in funding information or acknowledgments;
• Errors in figures, tables, captions, or labels;
• Errors in references, citations, or DOI information;
• Minor factual errors that do not change the main conclusions;
• Production errors introduced during copyediting, layout, metadata preparation, or publication;
• Missing or incomplete conflict of interest, funding, data availability, ethics, or AI use statements where the omission can be corrected transparently;
• Clarifications that improve accuracy without changing the substance of the article.

Corrections should be clearly linked to the original article and should identify the corrected content.

3. Author Corrections

An author correction may be issued when the error originated from the author or manuscript content.

Examples may include incorrect data labels, inaccurate references, missing acknowledgments, incomplete disclosures, or factual errors supplied by the author.

Authors who identify an error in their published article should notify the Editorial Office promptly and provide a clear explanation of the issue, the proposed correction, and any supporting information.

4. Publisher Corrections

A publisher correction may be issued when the error was introduced during editorial processing, production, typesetting, online publication, metadata preparation, or platform management.

Examples may include incorrect article metadata, formatting errors, figure placement errors, missing files, incorrect links, or errors introduced during layout or publication.

The Editorial Office will correct such errors as soon as reasonably possible after they are confirmed.

5. Retractions

A retraction may be issued when the published article contains serious errors, ethical violations, or integrity problems that substantially affect the reliability, validity, originality, legality, or ethical acceptability of the work.

Retraction may be considered in cases involving:

• Plagiarism;
• Duplicate or redundant publication;
• Fabricated or falsified data;
• Manipulated images, videos, movement records, or documentation;
• Fabricated interviews, field notes, archival evidence, performance documentation, or research materials;
• Serious methodological or analytical errors that invalidate the article’s conclusions;
• Unethical research involving human participants, communities, performers, students, or vulnerable groups;
• Lack of required consent, ethics approval, or permission where such approval was necessary;
• Copyright infringement or unauthorized use of third-party materials;
• Misrepresentation of cultural, community, ritual, Indigenous, or restricted materials;
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest that seriously affect the interpretation or credibility of the article;
• Peer review manipulation;
• Authorship fraud or serious authorship misconduct;
• Use of artificial intelligence tools to generate fabricated, misleading, or undisclosed content affecting the integrity of the article;
• Legal or ethical concerns requiring withdrawal of the published record.

Retraction is not used to punish authors. It is used to correct the scholarly record and alert readers that the article should not be relied upon as part of the published literature.

6. Retraction Notice

When an article is retracted, the journal will publish a retraction notice. The notice should be linked to the original article and should clearly identify the retracted article.

A retraction notice should normally include:

• The title of the retracted article;
• The author name(s);
• The journal title and publication details;
• The reason for retraction;
• Who initiated the retraction, where appropriate;
• The date of the retraction notice;
• A statement that the article has been retracted.

Where legally or ethically necessary, the notice may limit details to avoid harm, defamation, privacy violations, or disclosure of confidential information.

7. Status of Retracted Articles

Retracted articles will normally remain accessible on the journal website to preserve the scholarly record, but they will be clearly marked as retracted.

The article PDF and landing page may include a visible watermark, label, notice, or link indicating that the article has been retracted.

Retracted articles should not be cited as valid evidence unless the citation is specifically discussing the retraction, publication ethics issue, or history of the scholarly record.

8. Expressions of Concern

An expression of concern may be issued when serious questions have been raised about a published article but the available information is not yet sufficient to determine whether correction or retraction is required.

An expression of concern may be appropriate when:

• An investigation is ongoing;
• Evidence is inconclusive;
• Authors or institutions have not yet provided sufficient clarification;
• There are unresolved concerns about data, ethics, authorship, consent, copyright, or peer review;
• There is a need to alert readers while further assessment is taking place.

An expression of concern will be linked to the article and may later be followed by a correction, retraction, clarification, or removal of the concern if the issue is resolved.

9. Article Removal

Article removal is rare and will be considered only in exceptional circumstances. The journal normally prefers to preserve the scholarly record through corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions.

Removal may be considered when:

• The article contains content that creates a serious legal risk;
• The article violates privacy, confidentiality, or personal safety obligations;
• The article includes unlawful, defamatory, or harmful content;
• The article contains unauthorized sensitive personal data;
• The article discloses culturally restricted, confidential, or protected materials in a way that cannot be corrected by notice or redaction;
• A court order, legal obligation, or rights issue requires removal.

When an article is removed, the journal may retain a bibliographic record with a notice explaining that the article has been removed, unless legal or ethical considerations prevent this.

10. Article Replacement

Article replacement may be considered in exceptional cases where a published article contains serious errors that could pose harm or mislead readers, but a corrected version can be published transparently.

Where replacement occurs, the original article record should normally remain linked to a replacement notice, and the replacement version should be clearly identified.

11. Metadata Corrections

The journal may correct metadata errors without issuing a formal correction notice where the error is minor and does not affect the article’s scholarly content.

Metadata corrections may include:

• Correction of author names or initials;
• Correction of affiliations;
• Correction of ORCID iDs;
• Correction of article titles, abstracts, or keywords where metadata differs from the published article;
• Correction of DOI links, page numbers, issue information, or publication dates;
• Correction of indexing or reference metadata.

If the metadata error affects citation, attribution, discoverability, or the scholarly record, the Editorial Office may issue a correction notice.

12. Errors in Figures, Images, Tables, and Performance Materials

Because the journal publishes research involving dance, movement, performance, embodiment, and artistic documentation, errors may occur in visual, choreographic, or performance-related materials.

Corrections or retractions may be considered when there are problems involving:

• Incorrect image captions or credits;
• Misidentified performers, choreographers, photographers, companies, venues, or archives;
• Incorrect dates, performance titles, or production details;
• Unauthorized use of performance photographs or video stills;
• Incorrect movement diagrams, notation, or analytical labels;
• Manipulated images, recordings, or movement documentation that misrepresent evidence;
• Missing or incorrect permission statements.

The Editorial Office may request documentation, permission evidence, revised captions, replacement figures, or further clarification.

13. Corrections Involving Third-Party Rights

If a rights holder, artist, performer, photographer, archive, institution, community, or other party raises a concern about unauthorized use of material, the Editorial Office will review the matter.

Depending on the case, the journal may:

• Correct the credit line or caption;
• Add missing permission information;
• Replace the material;
• Remove the material from the article;
• Publish a correction notice;
• Issue an expression of concern or retraction in serious cases.

14. Corrections Involving Ethics, Consent, and Cultural Materials

Post-publication concerns may involve consent, privacy, community permission, cultural sensitivity, or ethical handling of human participants and performance materials.

Where concerns arise, the journal may request additional information from authors, institutions, communities, rights holders, or other relevant parties.

The journal may correct, restrict, remove, or retract content if necessary to protect participants, performers, communities, or the integrity of the scholarly record.

15. Author Requests for Correction

Authors who identify an error after publication should contact the Editorial Office as soon as possible.

The request should include:

• Article title;
• Author name(s);
• Publication details;
• Description of the error;
• Proposed correction;
• Explanation of whether the error affects the article’s conclusions;
• Supporting documents or evidence where applicable.

The Editorial Office will assess whether a correction, metadata update, expression of concern, retraction, or other action is appropriate.

16. Reader or Third-Party Concerns

Readers, reviewers, editors, artists, performers, institutions, communities, rights holders, or other parties may raise concerns about published content.

Concerns should be submitted to the Editorial Office with a clear explanation and relevant supporting information.

The Editorial Office will assess concerns carefully and may contact the authors or relevant parties for clarification.

17. Investigation Process

When a post-publication concern is raised, the Editorial Office may conduct an assessment to determine the appropriate action.

The process may include:

• Reviewing the published article and related materials;
• Checking submission files, peer review records, and editorial correspondence;
• Requesting clarification from authors;
• Requesting data, permissions, ethics approval, consent information, or source materials;
• Consulting editors, reviewers, editorial board members, or independent experts where appropriate;
• Contacting institutions, archives, rights holders, or communities where necessary and appropriate;
• Determining whether correction, expression of concern, retraction, removal, or no action is warranted.

The journal aims to handle concerns fairly, carefully, and proportionately.

18. Author Cooperation

Authors are expected to cooperate with the Editorial Office in resolving post-publication concerns.

Authors may be asked to provide original data, documentation, permission records, ethics approval information, consent forms, image permissions, correspondence, or other supporting materials.

Failure to cooperate may affect the journal’s assessment and may result in editorial action where concerns remain unresolved.

19. Corrections During Production

Before publication, authors may be asked to review proofs. The proof stage is intended to correct typographical errors, formatting errors, metadata errors, figure issues, and minor production problems.

Major content changes are not normally permitted at proof stage unless approved by the Editorial Office.

Errors identified before publication should be corrected before the article is released online.

20. Post-Publication Updates

Published articles should not normally be altered without a transparent record. If changes are made after publication, the journal may issue a notice or update record where appropriate.

Minor technical corrections that do not affect the scholarly record may be made without a formal notice. Substantive corrections should be documented transparently.

21. Retraction and Author Disagreement

A retraction may proceed even if not all authors agree, when the Editorial Office determines that the article is unreliable, unethical, unlawful, or seriously problematic.

Where authors disagree with a retraction, the retraction notice may indicate that some authors did not agree, if appropriate and legally permissible.

22. Retraction and Misconduct

A retraction notice may state whether the issue resulted from error, misconduct, ethical concern, rights concern, or unresolved reliability problems, where this can be determined.

The journal will avoid unnecessary defamatory language and will focus on correcting the scholarly record.

23. Appeals Against Corrections or Retractions

Authors may appeal a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or related editorial action if they believe that the decision was based on factual error, procedural error, misunderstanding, or incomplete evidence.

Appeals should be submitted to the Editorial Office with a clear explanation and supporting documentation.

The appeal will be reviewed in accordance with the journal’s Complaints and Appeals policy.

24. Indexing and Notification

Where appropriate, the journal may update article metadata and notify indexing services, repositories, databases, or relevant parties of corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, or removals.

The journal will aim to ensure that the status of the article is clearly reflected in the article record and metadata where possible.

25. Relationship with Other Journal Policies

This Corrections and Retractions policy should be read together with the journal’s related policies, including:

• Publication Ethics;
• Peer Review Process;
• Author Guidelines;
• Copyright and Licensing;
• Data Availability Policy;
• AI and Research Integrity Policy;
• Conflict of Interest Policy;
• Complaints and Appeals;
• Archiving and Preservation.

26. Policy Updates

The journal may update this Corrections and Retractions policy when necessary to reflect changes in publication ethics standards, editorial practice, legal requirements, indexing expectations, digital preservation, or journal operations.

Any updates will be published on this page.

27. Contact

Authors, readers, reviewers, editors, artists, performers, institutions, rights holders, communities, or other parties with concerns about published content may contact the Editorial Office through the journal’s official contact page.

28. Editorial Note

Journal of Dance and Embodied Structure treats corrections and retractions as part of responsible scholarly publishing. The purpose of post-publication action is to protect readers, authors, participants, communities, rights holders, and the integrity of the scholarly record.