Withdrawal Policy

World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images is committed to providing high-quality articles and upholding the publication ethics to advance the intellectual agenda of science and technology. We expect our authors to comply with, best practices in publication ethics as well as in the quality of their articles online.

Few of the authors request withdrawal of the manuscript from the publication process after submission or after publication. In some instances, the request for withdrawal is made when the manuscript is only a few days away from publication in the journal. This may cause production time waste by the editors, reviewers, and the editorial staff.

To evade gratuitous withdrawal of manuscripts World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images declared the below withdrawal policy. The corresponding author should address the below statement before sending a request for withdrawal.

All authors including corresponding should confirm the number of authors, authorship, approval, and integrity of the manuscript before submission. In case of any differences of opinion, address the concerns of all the authors before submitting the manuscript for publication.

Research students or Researchers should take prior permission from their guides and professors before sending/submitting their manuscripts in World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images journal.

The manuscript is appropriately withdrawn from any previous publisher (if submitted).

It is unacceptable to withdraw a manuscript from a journal because it is being accepted by another journal.

Before submitting the manuscript, authors should carefully check the facts and data presented in the manuscripts are accurate and error-free, Not plagiarized.

All authors need to agree for publishing the articles in the specific journal before submission.

Unethical Withdrawal

The advanced stage in the editorial process, when peer reviews were near completion was unacceptable unless there are compelling reasons.

If the author withdraws a manuscript after publication, the article publication charges, if paid by the authors, will not be refunded.

If the authors do not reply to a communication from the editorial office, even after multiple reminders, at any stage of the publication process; the World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images holds all rights to disclose the conduct of the authors and content of the manuscript without further approval from the authors, and cannot be held responsible for the consequences arising from it.

Withdrawal of a manuscript will be permitted only for the most compelling and unavoidable reasons. For withdrawal of a manuscript, authors need to submit an "Article withdrawal Form", signed by all authors mentioning the reason for withdrawal to the Editorial Team/Office. The form is available from the editorial office of the journal. Authors must not assume that their manuscript has been withdrawn until they have received appropriate notification to this effect from the editorial office.

In a case where a manuscript has taken more than six months time for the review process, that allows the author to withdraw the manuscript without paying any charges.

Withdrawal Charges for Manuscript

The author is allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any withdrawal penalty, if the author requests a withdrawal of the manuscript, within 48 hours of submission.

If the authors request withdrawal of manuscript, after the peer review process or in the production stage (Early Release or Ahead of publishing) or published online; then authors need to make a withdrawal penalty.

World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images Editorial Office will provide the corresponding author a formal letter of Manuscript Withdrawal. Withdrawal of manuscripts is only allowed after the withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to the World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images Editorial Office.

As per the policy, we declare that the withdrawal charges are applicable in case of withdrawal.

Withdrawal form.

If the author wishes to withdraw paper from a journal, author needs to submit an " Article withdrawal Form" signed by all authors (or) the corresponding author of the manuscript stating the reasons for manuscript withdrawal. The form is available from the Editorial Office of the journal.