EduAI Nexus: Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education maintains an accountable scholarly record. Withdrawal concerns an unpublished submission. Once an article is published, substantive concerns are handled through correction, an expression of concern, retraction, or exceptional removal, as appropriate.

1. Withdrawal of an Unpublished Submission

The corresponding author should promptly contact the editorial office through the OJS correspondence facility or editor.eduainexus@gmail.com, giving the manuscript ID, title, reasons, and confirmation that the authors agree to withdraw. The editor will assess and confirm closure of the submission. Authors should reconcile the submission’s status before submitting it elsewhere.

2. Withdrawal Charges

Regular-track manuscripts: no withdrawal fee. For the optional Accelerated Publication track, USD75 applies only to author-initiated withdrawal of an unpublished manuscript after accelerated processing has begun. The accelerated track and its charge must have been disclosed and requested before that processing began. There is no withdrawal charge before accelerated processing begins or when the journal rejects the manuscript.

USD75 is the total journal charge for that withdrawal, not an amount added to the full USD150 accelerated APC. Any APC already paid is credited against the withdrawal charge and any excess is refunded. An approved waiver or discount must be respected; the withdrawal charge must not exceed the APC agreed for that manuscript. See Revenue Sources for the complete fee and waiver policy.

3. Corrections and Author Details

A correction is appropriate when an otherwise reliable article contains a significant error, omission, or inaccurate metadata requiring clarification. Production errors may be identified as an erratum and author errors as a corrigendum. Editorially significant changes are documented in a notice linked to the article rather than made without explanation. There is no fixed deadline for reporting a substantive error.

Authorship changes require an appropriate explanation and supporting agreement or institutional findings where needed. Author name-change requests are handled with respect for identity and privacy, with reasonable identity verification; disclosure of personal reasons is not required. Whether a public notice is appropriate is assessed with regard to privacy and the integrity of the record.

4. Retractions and Expressions of Concern

Retraction may be appropriate for seriously unreliable findings, substantial plagiarism, unethical research, or manipulation that compromises the publication. An expression of concern may alert readers while significant doubts remain unresolved. Actions protect the record and may follow honest error as well as misconduct.

Notices must identify the article, state the basis and responsibility for the action, and be freely accessible and linked to the affected record. Retracted articles are normally retained and clearly marked. Full-text removal is exceptional and requires a compelling legal, privacy, or safety reason; an explanatory bibliographic record should remain wherever possible. Payment cannot secure deletion of a published article.

5. Editorial Procedure

The editor assesses supporting evidence, normally seeks an author response, and may request information from the relevant institution or publisher. A corrective action need not await agreement from every author. The Editor-in-Chief makes the editorial decision, or an appropriate independent editor handles it where there is a conflict of interest. Findings and unresolved concerns are communicated through suitable notices. Updates to article records and relevant deposited metadata should reflect the action taken.

Questions, evidence, and correction requests may be sent to editor.eduainexus@gmail.com. Related procedures are described in Research and Publishing Ethics.

Last updated: 1 November 2026.