Withdrawal Policy

The submission of a manuscript to the journal's editorial office is considered as the author's intention to enter into a copyright/ license agreement with the journal's editorial office, which implies obligations for both parties, including the impossibility of withdrawing the manuscript without a valid reason. Once a manuscript is sent for review, the editorial office and reviewers invest significant time and effort in its processing. Withdrawal of a manuscript is considered as unethical for authors to use this mechanism to facilitate multiple submissions or to obtain feedback so that they could then submit the article to a higher ranked journal. 

The Editorial Board of the journal of Agricultural Engineering (India) in principle discourages the withdrawal of manuscripts submitted to the journal as it causes wastage of productive time and productive efficiency of the editors, reviewers, and others associated with the processing of the manuscript. The authors, therefore, should carefully assess the suitability of the requirements and policies of the JAEI before submitting their manuscript to the journal.

The author or group of authors (hereinafter referred to as the author) has the right to withdraw his/her manuscript in the presence of a valid reason at any point before its acceptance for publication. Valid reasons for manuscript withdrawal may include (i) discovery of significant errors or inaccuracies in the data, methodology, analysis, or interpretation of results that could affect the validity of conclusions; (ii) detection of plagiarism or copyright infringement: (iii) if the authors identify a conflict of interest that could compromise the objectivity of the research and its conclusions, that cannot be resolved in any other way; (iv) if the work violates ethical standards and principles, such as the absence of proper consent from study participants or violation of participants' rights; (v) financial or legal circumstances that prevent the publication of the work in its current form. The journal's editorial office reserves the right to request additional information and materials to assess the validity of the manuscript withdrawal. To withdraw a manuscript, a formal written request is required to be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief by the corresponding author, clearly stating the reasons for the withdrawal request. The request must be signed by all authors listed in the manuscript. Decision on the request shall be communicated to the corresponding author. The withdrawn article is archived in our database and not been further acted upon. However, in case a withdrawal request is received at any time after completion of the review process and/or communication of acceptance of a manuscript, such authors and their co-authors will be marked as Unreliable Authors, and the Editorial Board reserves the right to debar such author(s)/ co-authors from submitting a new manuscript for a maximum period of three years, including notifying the Head of Institutions and Organizations (Vice Chancellor/Dean/ Director) of the author(s)/ co-authors.