Publication Policies

Errors identified after publication that do not affect the scientific validity, reliability, or overall conclusions of an article are addressed through a formal correction notice linked to the original publication. Such corrections may include typographical errors, author affiliation updates, funding acknowledgements, or other non-substantive amendments.

Articles are retracted when there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, whether as a result of honest error, research misconduct, publication misconduct, plagiarism, or duplicate publication. Retraction notices are permanently linked to the original article and clearly state the reason for the retraction in accordance with COPE guidance.

A manuscript may be withdrawn from editorial consideration prior to publication at the request of the author(s) or, where justified, by the editor. Withdrawals are handled in accordance with the journal’s standard withdrawal procedure, and any applicable administrative or ethical review may be completed before the withdrawal is finalized.

An erratum is issued by the publisher to correct an error introduced during the production, copyediting, or typesetting process. Errata are used for publisher-originated errors and are distinct from errors that originate with the authors, which are addressed through the appropriate author correction procedure.

The journal does not operate routine or automatically accepted guest-edited special issues. Proposals for special issues, thematic collections, or guest-edited article collections may be considered only on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by the Editor-in-Chief and the journal's editorial leadership before any public call for papers is issued. Before appointment, the proposed guest editor's subject expertise, publication record, editorial suitability, and potential conflicts of interest are reviewed and approved by the Editor-in-Chief.

All manuscripts submitted to a special issue or thematic collection are subject to the journal's standard editorial screening, plagiarism and ethics checks, and peer-review procedures. Acceptance is never guaranteed by invitation or inclusion in a special issue proposal.

Guest editors, where appointed, must disclose any conflicts of interest and may not make final acceptance decisions on manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest. Final editorial oversight remains with the Editor-in-Chief or an assigned member of the editorial leadership. Special issues, if approved, are clearly identified as such and follow the same publication ethics, corrections, retractions, and appeals policies as regular submissions.

Any manuscript submitted to a special issue by a guest editor must be handled through an independent editorial and peer-review process in which that guest editor has no decision-making role. Articles authored or co-authored by the guest editor or guest editors must collectively constitute no more than 25% of the special issue's total published articles.

To protect editorial independence and maintain a broad authorship base, research articles with at least one author who serves as an editor, editorial board member, or reviewer for the journal must not constitute more than 25% of the research articles published in any individual issue. The journal monitors this proportion separately for each issue, including the two most recently published issues reviewed for indexing and transparency purposes. Editorials, corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, announcements, and other non-research notices are not counted as research articles for this calculation.

This journal-wide endogeny control is monitored separately from the special-issue rule governing papers authored or co-authored by guest editors. Editorial roles never provide preferential treatment, and manuscripts involving an editor or editorial board member are assigned to an independent editor and undergo the journal's standard external peer-review process.

Readers, authors, reviewers, institutions, and other stakeholders may submit post-publication comments, correction requests, or concerns regarding published articles. Such communications may relate to factual errors, data availability, image integrity, ethical concerns, authorship, conflicts of interest, or other matters affecting the published record.

Post-publication communications are reviewed by the editorial office and, where appropriate, by the Editor-in-Chief, handling editors, editorial board members, or external experts. The journal may request clarification, supporting documentation, or underlying data from authors or complainants when necessary.

Where a post-publication issue is verified, the journal may publish a correction, erratum, expression of concern, retraction, or other editorial notice in accordance with the journal's publication policies and COPE guidance. Comments or concerns that are abusive, defamatory, unrelated to the scholarly record, or submitted in bad faith may be declined.

Authors who disagree with an editorial decision may submit a written appeal to the Editor-in-Chief by email at editor@eurjchem.com within 30 calendar days of the date of the decision. The email subject line should include Editorial Appeal and the manuscript identification number. The appeal must clearly explain the specific grounds for reconsideration and include any relevant supporting information.

Receipt of the appeal will normally be acknowledged within five business days. Whenever possible, the appeal will be evaluated by an editor who was not involved in the original decision. The journal aims to communicate a written outcome within 30 calendar days of receiving a complete appeal. If additional time is required because of the complexity of the case or the need for further consultation, the author will be informed. The outcome of the appeal constitutes the journal's final decision on the matter.

Complaints regarding editorial conduct, peer review, publication ethics, conflicts of interest, or research integrity may be submitted to complaints@atlantapublishinghouse.com. Complaints are reviewed in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) complaint-handling guidance and the journal's established procedures.

Authors seeking reconsideration of an editorial decision should use the separate Appeals procedure above, including its stated contact address and deadlines.