Crossmark Policy
Crossmark is an initiative to provide a standard way for readers to locate the current version of a piece of content. By applying the Crossmark button, Wasian Journal is committing to maintaining the content it publishes, and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur.
Clicking on the Crossmark button will tell you the current status of a document, and may also give you additional publication record information about the document.
Wasian Journal content and Crossmark
This content which will display Crossmark is restricted to current and future journal content and is also limited to specific publication types. Articles which are published as Articles in Press or Online First will not have the CrossMark icon at present.
Publication Types
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Article Type |
Short Description |
|---|---|
| Addendum | Publication item giving additional information regarding another publication item, mostly presenting additional results. |
| Duplicate | Accidental duplication of an article in another journal. The text of the article is retracted. The HTML pages are replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation. The PDF pages remain with a watermark on every page to notify it is a duplicate. |
| Erratum | Article in which errors are reported that were made in an earlier publication in the same journal. It can be Erratum (publishing error) but also Corrigendum (author error). |
| Removal | The text of the article is removed. The HTML pages and PDF pages of the article are completely removed and replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation. |
| Retraction | The text of the article is retracted. The HTML pages are replaced by a single page with citation details and an explanation. The PDF pages remain with a watermark on every page to notify it is retracted. |
| Review article | Substantial overview of original research, usually with a comprehensive bibliography, generally also contains a table of contents. |