Crossmark Policy

Crossmark Policy

Doi: http://doi.org/10.17140/openventio.crossmark

Openventio Publishers is committed to maintaining the scholarly record. Once an article is published it becomes part of that record, and readers must be able to tell — at any time in the future — whether the copy in front of them is still current.

Crossmark is a Crossref service that makes this possible. Every research article published by Openventio Publishers carries the Crossmark button. Clicking it takes the reader straight to Crossref's own record for that article and shows whether the article has been corrected, retracted, or otherwise updated since publication, together with the publication and funding information we have deposited.

The Crossmark button appears on the article landing page and, where the file format allows, inside the article PDF itself. Because the button queries Crossref rather than this website, it works on a downloaded PDF or a copy held in a repository — wherever the reader obtained the article.

Updates we record through Crossmark

When errors are identified in a published article, the journal will consider the appropriate action and may consult the editor(s), author(s), and the authors' institution(s). Any resulting update is published as a separate, citable item with its own DOI, is linked to the original article in both directions, and is registered with Crossref so that the Crossmark record reflects it.

  • Corrigendum — for errors attributable to the authors.
  • Erratum — for errors attributable to the publisher.
  • Retraction — where errors significantly affect the article's conclusions, or where there is evidence of misconduct. Our journals follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Retraction Guidelines in such cases.
  • Expression of Concern — where a serious concern has been raised about a published article, such as a suspected but unconfirmed case of misconduct, data irregularity, or ethical violation, and the matter cannot yet be resolved through either a correction or a retraction. An Expression of Concern alerts readers while the matter is investigated; it is linked to the original article and updated with a final resolution — correction, retraction, or removal of the concern — once the investigation concludes, in accordance with COPE guidelines.

Retracted articles are not removed from the website. The original article remains available, clearly marked as retracted, so that the record of what was published and what was later found remains complete. Each journal's full policy is set out on its own Corrections and Retractions page.

Changes that are not updates

Correcting a typographical error in the metadata, improving an article's accessibility, or re-depositing metadata to add information such as funding or ORCID iDs does not change the content of the article. These are not recorded as updates and do not alter the version of record.

Publication information carried in the Crossmark record

  • Peer review — every research article published by Openventio Publishers is peer reviewed. The process each journal follows is set out in full on the publisher's Peer Review Process page.
  • Copyright and licence — authors retain copyright of their published work. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence, and authors grant Openventio Publishers the non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, archive, and preserve the article. See our Copyright and Licensing Policy.
  • Open access — all content is open access and free to read at the point of publication, with no embargo.
  • Preservation — each journal states its long-term preservation arrangements on its Indexing, Abstracting and Preservation page, so that published content remains accessible independently of the journal's ongoing operational status.
  • Publication ethics — our journals follow the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Telling us about an error

If you believe a published article contains an error, please write to the journal's editorial office with the article title, its DOI, and a description of the problem. Every report is considered, and the reader who raised it is told the outcome.