Crossmark Policy

DOI of this policy: https://doi.org/10.62604/crossmark-policy

Elixir Publishers is committed to maintaining the scholarly record. Once an article is published it becomes part of that record, and readers must be able to tell, at any time in the future, whether the copy in front of them is still current. Crossmark is a Crossref service that makes this possible.

Articles that Elixir Publishers registers with Crossref carry the Crossmark button. Clicking it opens Crossref's own record for the article and shows whether the article has been corrected, retracted or otherwise updated since publication. The Crossmark button appears on the article landing page and, where the file format allows, inside the article PDF. Because the button queries Crossref rather than this website, it works on a downloaded PDF or a copy held in a repository, wherever the reader obtained the article.

This policy applies to every journal published by Elixir Publishers.

Updates we record through Crossmark

When an error is identified in a published article, the journal considers the appropriate action and may consult the editor(s), the author(s) and the authors' institution(s). Any resulting update is published as a separate notice with its own DOI, linked to the original article, and registered with Crossref so that the Crossmark record shows it.

• Corrigendum – for errors attributable to the authors.
• Erratum – for errors attributable to the publisher.
• Retraction – where errors significantly affect the article's conclusions, or where there is evidence of misconduct. Our journals follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Retraction Guidelines in such cases.
• Expression of Concern – where a serious concern has been raised about a published article and the matter cannot yet be resolved through a correction or a retraction. It alerts readers while the matter is investigated, is linked to the original article, and is updated with the final resolution once the investigation concludes.

Retracted articles are not removed from the website. The original article remains available, clearly marked as retracted, so that the record of what was published and what was later found remains complete.

Changes that are not updates

Correcting a typographical error in the metadata, improving an article's accessibility, or re-depositing metadata to add information such as funding or ORCID iDs does not change the content of the article. These are not recorded as updates and do not alter the version of record.

Telling us about an error

If you believe a published article contains an error, please write to editor@elixirpublishers.in with the article title, its DOI and a description of the problem. Every report is considered, and the reader who raised it is told the outcome.