Believers Journal of Health Sciences (BJHS) recognises that authors may occasionally need to withdraw a manuscript before publication. This policy explains the circumstances in which withdrawal may be requested and the formal procedures followed by the journal. Article withdrawal applies only to manuscripts that are under editorial consideration or in peer review but have not yet been formally published. Once published, a paper forms a permanent part of the scholarly record and cannot be withdrawn; any concerns will be managed under post-publication corrective policies.
Requests must be submitted in writing by the corresponding author through official channels, explicitly including:
* Note: The journal reserves the right to request written confirmation from every listed author before processing the request to protect authorship integrity.
Authors are strictly barred from parallel submissions while a paper is under active consideration by BJHS. Withdrawal requests during peer review are considered valid only under exceptional circumstances, such as: discovery of a substantial study error, ethical concerns requiring verification, institutional authorship disputes, duplicate submission tracking, or an inability to complete mandatory revisions within deadline windows.
Important: The manuscript remains under active consideration, and authors cannot route it elsewhere, until explicit written confirmation of withdrawal is issued by the editorial office.
A request to withdraw an accepted manuscript undergoes careful editorial assessment. Withdrawal at this stage is restricted to grave occurrences, including major errors invalidating data reliability, emerging data integrity gaps, missing ethical approvals, or undisclosed duplicate publication overlap. BJHS may decline requests if the paper has already entered final technical production, been assigned permanent publication metadata, or if withdrawal would compromise the integrity of the editorial workflow.
The editorial office preserves full authority to execute an immediate withdrawal from consideration if a manuscript violates publishing frameworks, including cases of:
In complete alignment with our Platinum Open Access framework, BJHS maintains zero financial dependencies. The journal does not charge authors any manuscript submission fees, peer-review processing costs, layout editing charges, or article withdrawal fees. Decisions remain driven exclusively by academic merit and ethical parameters.