Crossmark Policy

Education Policy and Development uses the Crossmark service to verify the integrity and reliability of its published articles. Crossmark provides readers with a standard way to locate the current status of an article and to determine whether updates, corrections, or retractions have been issued.

All published articles in EPD are assigned a Crossmark logo linked to the article's DOI. By clicking the Crossmark logo, readers can access information regarding the publication status and any updates associated with the article.

In cases where corrections, retractions, or other updates are necessary, these changes will be communicated through Crossmark in accordance with the journal’s Correction and Retraction Policy. Information regarding EPD's Crossmark implementation is available at DOI: 10.31098/epd-crossmark.

Publication Types

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.