Crossmark Policy

Crossmark is a multi-publisher initiative or a platform for readers to quickly discover the status of research or locate the current version of a piece of content. Applying the CrossMark logo to our articles maintaining the content we publish and to alerting our readers to changes if and when they occur. Innovative publication is committed to serve researchers, librarians, and others in the academic community, and believes in the publishing quality content. Recognizing a published article as a finalized version of a record establishes the expectation that it can be relied upon as accurate, complete, and citable. Innovative defines this version of the record as the article paginated in a volume and issue or the initial article publication for open access journals (Open Access journals do not publish any additional version such as paginated issue/volume).

Clicking on the CrossMark logo in either the HTML or PDF will inform you of the current status of the document and will also provide additional publication record information when available.

Correction Policy

When issuing a correction we will update the HTML and PDF versions of an article to reflect the change. The correction services inform readers who have previously read or downloaded the article, and ensure that proper indexing is achieved. In addition to CrossMark, we include clear links between the article and its correction and append the correction to the article itself upon download of the article in PDF.

Retraction Policy

When an article is retracted it will remain accessible in both HTML and PDF formats with a clear indication that it was retracted on a specific date. In addition to CrossMark, we include clear links between the article and its retraction notice and appended the notice to the article itself upon download of the PDF. The notice clearly explains the reason for the retraction.