Withdrawal of Manuscripts

The author is not allowed to withdraw submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources. Editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts and invested money and time. If the author still requests withdrawal of his or her manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the author will be punished by paying $200 per manuscript as a withdrawal penalty to the publisher. However, it is unethical to withdraw a submitted manuscript from one journal if it is accepted by another journal. If the author withdraws a manuscript after it is accepted for publication, the author will be punished by paying US$500 per manuscript. Withdrawal of an accepted manuscript is only allowed after the withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to the publisher. If the author doesn't agree to pay the penalty, the author and his or her affiliation will be blacklisted for publication in this journal in the future. Even his or her previously published articles will be removed from our online system.