Withdrawal of Manuscript

This policy applies to submissions to Tamumatra: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan before publication, including editorial assessment, peer review, revision, acceptance, and production. Once an article is published online as part of the scholarly record, the Correction and Retraction policy applies. The absence of an issue number or page range does not, by itself, make an article unpublished.

Requesting Withdrawal

The corresponding author may request voluntary withdrawal on behalf of all authors through the submission correspondence or the journal's published contact details. Explain the reason and confirm that every co-author has been informed and supports the request. If support is disputed or cannot be confirmed, state this openly so the editor can assess the situation.

Include:

  • The manuscript title and submission identifier, if available.
  • The corresponding author's name and contact information.
  • The reason for withdrawal and relevant supporting information.
  • The status of communication with co-authors and any immediate concerns about permissions, consent, or identifiable material.

Do not include unnecessary personal information about students, performers, interviewees, or other participants.

Editorial Handling and Confirmation

The editor checks the submission's status and explanation, seeks clarification where needed, and communicates the outcome and recorded status to the corresponding author. Where appropriate, affected co-authors are contacted directly. A request does not confirm withdrawal: authors must wait for the editor's confirmation. While the manuscript remains under consideration, authors should not submit the same work elsewhere. They may follow up through the journal's contact details if its status is unclear.

Once withdrawal is confirmed, assessment, review, or production ends and the authors are informed. Withdrawal does not mean that the manuscript passed peer review or that integrity concerns have been resolved. Any later submission to Tamumatra follows the applicable editorial process.

Concerns About Unpublished Work

Authors should report serious errors in performance documentation, educational observations, interviews, or other evidence, and problems with attribution, copyright permissions, privacy, or consent. After proportionate assessment, the editor may pause consideration, request revision, decline the submission, or end its processing. An integrity inquiry may continue despite a withdrawal request. Editorial action needed to protect publication integrity does not require unanimous author agreement.

Disagreement about artistic interpretation, teaching approaches, or aesthetic positions is not itself misconduct. Editors distinguish scholarly debate from concerns affecting reliability or the ethical basis of the work.

Submission Records and Public Material

The journal retains the request, decision, and relevant correspondence in its submission records, accessible only to those who need them for editorial administration or an integrity inquiry. Withdrawal does not erase those records.

If preliminary material has been made public, any necessary status notice is dated, identifies the work and issuing party, and links to the material. Identifying metadata and DOI status are updated where available. Already published articles follow the correction and retraction procedures.