General Principle

Submission of a manuscript represents a commitment by the authors to participate in the journal's editorial and peer-review process in good faith. Authors should therefore request withdrawal only when there is a legitimate reason and should notify the editorial office as early as possible.

Withdrawal Before Peer Review

Authors may request withdrawal before the manuscript has entered substantive peer review. The corresponding author should submit a written request to the editorial office stating the manuscript title, submission identification number, reason for withdrawal, and confirmation that all authors agree with the request.

A manuscript should not be considered formally withdrawn until the editorial office has reviewed the request and issued written confirmation of withdrawal.

Withdrawal During Peer Review

Withdrawal requests submitted after peer review has commenced require an explanation from the authors because editors and reviewers may already have committed substantial time and scholarly effort to evaluating the manuscript.

Legitimate reasons may include the discovery of a significant error in the manuscript, serious concerns regarding the integrity or validity of the research, unresolved authorship issues, or other circumstances that make continuation of the editorial process inappropriate.

Withdrawal After Acceptance

Withdrawal after formal acceptance is considered an exceptional action because the manuscript may already have undergone peer review, editorial assessment, revision, copyediting, layout preparation, metadata processing, or other publication activities.

Authors requesting withdrawal at this stage must provide a clear written justification. The editorial office will assess the circumstances before determining whether withdrawal is appropriate.

How to Request Withdrawal

A withdrawal request should be submitted by the corresponding author through the journal's official communication channel and should include:

• the manuscript title;
• the manuscript or submission identification number;
• the name of the corresponding author;
• a clear explanation of the reason for withdrawal;
• confirmation that all authors have been informed of the withdrawal request; and
• confirmation that all authors agree to the withdrawal, where reasonably obtainable.

Authorship Disputes

Where a withdrawal request results from an authorship dispute, the journal may suspend processing of the manuscript while the matter is clarified. The journal will not normally adjudicate disputes concerning who qualifies for authorship when these require investigation by the authors' institution or another competent authority.

Editorial processing may remain suspended until the journal receives sufficient evidence that the dispute has been appropriately resolved.

Inappropriate or Unethical Withdrawal

Withdrawal may be considered inappropriate when authors attempt to:

• withdraw a manuscript solely because they disagree with legitimate reviewer comments or revision requirements;
• withdraw a manuscript in order to submit it simultaneously to another journal while it remains under consideration by Jurnal Sinar Manajemen;
• avoid responding to legitimate research integrity or publication ethics concerns;
• conceal duplicate submission, plagiarism, authorship problems, data concerns, or other potential misconduct; or
• discontinue communication without formally notifying the editorial office.

Where a withdrawal request is associated with a potential publication ethics or research integrity concern, withdrawal will not necessarily terminate the journal's assessment of that concern.

Withdrawal and Submission to Another Journal

Authors must not submit the manuscript to another journal while it remains under active consideration by Jurnal Sinar Manajemen. If authors wish to submit the manuscript elsewhere, they should first request withdrawal and wait until written confirmation of withdrawal has been issued by the editorial office.

Research Integrity Concerns

A withdrawal request does not prevent the journal from investigating suspected plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication or falsification, inappropriate authorship, manipulated peer review, ethical violations, or other serious publication integrity concerns identified during editorial processing.

Where appropriate, the journal may seek clarification from the authors or communicate substantiated concerns to relevant institutions or other competent bodies in accordance with its Publication Ethics policy.

Withdrawal and Publication Charges

Jurnal Sinar Manajemen does not impose an Article Processing Charge merely because a manuscript has been submitted, editorially assessed, or peer reviewed. The Article Processing Charge applies to manuscripts accepted for publication in accordance with the journal's Article Processing Charges policy.

Where an accepted manuscript is withdrawn after publication processing has commenced, any payment or refund issue will be handled in accordance with the journal's applicable Article Processing Charges and refund policy.

Withdrawal Is Not Retraction

Article withdrawal and article retraction are distinct editorial actions. Withdrawal generally concerns a manuscript before formal publication as the version of record. Once an article has been formally published, requests to remove or invalidate the publication are normally assessed under the journal's Correction and Retraction Policy.

Published articles will not ordinarily be removed simply at the request of an author. The journal seeks to preserve the integrity and permanence of the scholarly record.

Editorial Responsibility

Jurnal Sinar Manajemen evaluates withdrawal requests according to the manuscript's stage of processing, the reasons provided by the authors, publication ethics considerations, and the need to protect the integrity of the editorial process and scholarly record.

Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu, as the publisher, supports transparent, responsible, and ethically appropriate management of manuscript withdrawal and the editorial independence of Jurnal Sinar Manajemen.