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Ahead of Print Withdrawn Policy
Last Updated: March 17, 2006
On rare occasions a publisher may need to remove an Ahead of Print (AOP) article from a journal's Web site. There are a variety of reasons for this type of withdrawal; plagiarism, copyright infringements, duplicate publication in another journal. PubMed understands that these circumstances cannot always be prevented before AOP citation data is uploaded to PubMed. Thus we have designed the following policy:
If an AOP article is removed completely from the journal's Web site the publisher should have a Replacement file uploaded to PubMed. The Replacement file should use the following format:
- The text "WITHDRAWN:" (without quotation marks) should appear at the beginning of the original article title in the <ArticleTitle> tag.
- The text "Ahead of Print article withdrawn by publisher." (without quotation marks) should be added at the beginning of the original text within the <Abstract> tag. If desired the original abstract text may be completely replaced with the above text. For additional reference, see our Instructions for Replacement Files.
Here's an example:
Clin Chem. 2006 Jan 19; [Epub ahead of print]
WITHDRAWN: Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Plasma/Serum of Lung Cancer Patients as a Potential Screening and Prognostic Tool.
Kumar S, Pathak AK, Bhutani M, Mohan A, Guleria R.
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ahead of Print article withdrawn by publisher.
PMID: 16423903 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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If an AOP article is replaced on the journal's Web site with a Retraction or Withdrawn Notice then the publisher should have a Replacement file uploaded to PubMed. The Replacement file should match the text of the Retraction or Withdrawn Notice on the journal's Web site.
Here's an example:
Br J Pharmacol. 2005 May 23; [Epub ahead of print]
Retraction: Melanotan II: investigation of the inducer and facilitator effects on penile erection in anaesthetised rat.
Giuliano F, Clement P, Droupy S, Allard J, Alexandre L, Bernabe J.
[1] 1Pelvipharm Laboratories, CNRS, Bat 5, avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France [2] 2Groupe de Recherche en Urologie, UPRES, 1602 EA, Medical University of Paris South, 63 rue du General Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin Bicetre Cedex, France.
The paper entitled "Melanotan II: investigation of the inducer and facilitator effects on penile erection in anaesthetised rat" by Francois Giuliano et al, which was published online on 23 May 2005, has been withdrawn at the authors' request.
PMID: 15912129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Please contact publisher@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov if you have any questions about the steps outlined above.