The Journal of Engineering and Vocational Education takes seriously the integrity and completeness of the scientific record of our content for all end users. Changes to articles published online may only be made under the circumstances outlined below. The Journal of Engineering and Vocational Education emphasizes the authority of articles after publication. Our policies are based on best practices in the academic publishing community.

An erratum is a statement from the author of the original paper that briefly explains any corrections resulting from errors or omissions. Any impact on the paper's conclusions must be noted. Corrected articles are not removed from the online journal, but an erratum notice is provided. The erratum is freely available to all readers and is linked to the corrected article.

A retraction is a notice that the paper should not be considered part of the scientific literature. A retraction is issued when there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable. This may be due to misconduct or honest error; if the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper citation, permission, or justification; if the work is plagiarized; or if the work reported constitutes unethical research. To protect the integrity of the record, retracted articles are not removed from the online journal. However, a retraction notice is provided, freely available to all readers, and linked to the retracted article. Authors may issue a retraction when they discover substantial scientific misconduct; in other cases, the Editor or Publisher may conclude that retraction is the appropriate action. In all cases, the retraction indicates the reason for the action and who is responsible for the decision. If a retraction is made without unanimous agreement of the authors, this is also noted. The Publisher may edit or delete an article in rare and extreme cases involving legal violations. Bibliographic information about the article will be retained to ensure the integrity of the scientific record.

A Publisher's Note informs readers that an article has been corrected after publication. A Publisher's Note is issued by the Publisher and is used in cases where a typographical or production error (which is the Publisher's fault) affects the integrity of the article's metadata (such as the title, author list, or author caption) or would significantly affect the reader's ability to understand the article. The original article is removed and replaced with the corrected version. The Publisher's Note is freely available to all readers. Minor errors that do not affect the integrity of the metadata or the reader's ability to understand the article and that do not involve scientific errors or omissions will be corrected at the Publisher's discretion.

In such cases, the original article will be removed and replaced with a corrected version. The date of the correction will be noted on the corrected article. Authors should also be aware that the original article can only be removed and replaced with a corrected version less than one year after the original publication date. Corrections to articles with a publication date of more than one year will only be documented in the Publisher's Note.

The following guidelines may also be helpful: COPE Guidelines for Article Retraction